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  • New spray may help stop battlefield bleeding

    Researchers are developing a new, sprayable liquid wound dressing that an injured warrior could apply one-handed in a combat setting.The spray forms a tough hydrogel in seconds that conforms directly to the wound without sticking to it when removed.The GelSpray Liquid Bandage was approved by the

  • Department focuses on F-35 costs, fair tanker competition

    Pentagon officials are working to halt spiraling costs in the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft program while ensuring competition for a new refueling tanker remains fair to all contenders, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here Dec. 2. Mr. Lynn told the Aerospace and

  • Gates explains July 2011 milestone at Senate hearing

    Setting July 2011 for the beginning of a U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan was intended for two primary audiences: the Afghan government in Kabul and war-weary Americans, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today. Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the new strategy for

  • VA, Army officials to discuss collaborative efforts on TV

    Army and Veterans Affairs officials will discuss a number of programs in which the two departments collaborate to help wounded, ill and injured Soldiers on a Pentagon Channel interview Friday. VA Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs L. Tammy Duckworth, who also serves as a

  • Obama calls for another 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan

    It is in America's vital national interests to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said tonight during a speech at West Point, N.Y.Obama said that this surge of U.S. forces into Afghanistan will begin to ebb in July 2011 - when U.S. and NATO forces and allies begin