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Reuters said that the U.S. is likely to be completed by 2017 withdrawal from Afghanistan

November 25, according to Reuters news agency reported that the United States, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told the media on the 25th, the president Obama will be in the United States Eastern Standard Time at 20 o’clock on December 1 (Beijing time at 9:00 on the 2nd) in New York State of West Point speech, he announced the strategy for Afghanistan adjustment programs. Gibbs said the U.S. military will not continue to stay in Afghanistan, the last in 2089. Reuters news agency that on that analysis, the United States may be completed before the year 2017 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

After months of deliberation, the U.S. president Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policy was pending. Obama may be deployed to Afghanistan for at least 30000 U.S. soldiers. The new strategy also focuses on accelerating the training of Afghan security forces in order to facilitate withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Gibbs said White House spokesman, said Obama is likely to announce a detailed timetable for withdrawal. Gibbs said: “We have spent nine years in Afghanistan, we will not continue to stay there in 2089. Our time will be limited, which for the access to the American public’s understanding is very important.”

Gibbs said Obama would also stress the controversial war in Afghanistan suffering from the high cost, to explain why the Americans sent troops went to Afghanistan and why the United States to put pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai, asking them to punish the corrupt. He said: “The Americans want to know why we go to Afghanistan, and they want to know where our interests.”

The White House believes that the cost of more troops to Afghanistan and costs are too great. Every time a soldier deployed in Afghanistan, the U.S. government will require more than a year to pay one million U.S. dollars. Now the U.S. deficit has reached 1.4 trillion. For Obama, the more troops to Afghanistan would be a political risk-taking behavior. In addition, Obama’s Democratic Party is also facing mid-term elections in November 2010 challenge, the Republicans are taking advantage of soaring U.S. deficits and high unemployment on the offensive.

Gibbs said that the U.S. finance the war in Afghanistan has already bear the burden alone, military spending in Afghanistan in June as high as 6.7 billion U.S. dollars, the cost of this war is too expensive.

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U.S. arms exports in 2009 reached 38.1 billion U.S. dollars

US-made F-16 fighter jetsU.S. Department of Defense statistics show that 710 million U.S. dollars to South Korea this year to buy U.S. arms, the 9th largest country, the United Arab Emirates to 7.9 billion U.S. dollars in first place.

Yonhap reported that the U.S. Department of Defense under the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced the “overseas arms export status quo” data show that the United States in 2009 (from October 2008 to September 2009) financial year, South Korea’s total export value amounted to 7.1660 billion U.S. dollars weapons, ranking ninth. The first one is the United Arab Emirates, export 7.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Afghanistan (54 million), Saudi Arabia (33 billion U.S. dollars), Taiwan (3.2 billion), Egypt (21 million) and Iraq (16 billion U.S. dollars) .

Reported that the size of the U.S. arms exports this year, an increase of 4.7% year on year, reaching 38.1 billion U.S. dollars, setting an annual record.

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U.S. military bases there were several shootings – 12 were killed and 31 injured

military basesGlobal Online Network November 6 reported that the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas (Fort Hood) this morning there were several shooting incidents has now been 12 people were killed and 31 wounded. The White House said that President Obama will soon issue a statement on this.

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Banks said the shooting took place in local time Thursday 13:30 (GMT 3:30). Banks said the first shooting incident took place in Fort Hood, a medical treatment center, the second shooting incident occurred at the base of a theater. Fort Hood military base is currently closed.

Fort Hood base later confirmed that the attackers were U.S. soldiers, there are three people, one people have been killed and two were arrested.

Texas Senator Kay – Bailey – Hutchinson said that she was for the shooting was “shocked and saddened.” She said: “Our soldiers serve for the motherland have made great sacrifices, men and women at Fort Hood soldier has become the starting stupid, random violence targets. Believe me, this took place in Fort Hood, violence shocked and saddened, my heart and love for the dead and injured people together. ”

In the Fort Hood military base in the site, sign out a warning message: “Fort Hood has been closed down immediately. This is not a drill, is a state of emergency.” The site, meanwhile, have been asked various units within the inventory of personnel.

It is not clear attack and U.S. troops fighting the pressure is too large, or the frequent task of the deployment of FireWire are connected. At present, due to fall into the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the suicide rate among U.S. Army soldiers, and others bear the case of intense pressure both to new highs.

United States Department of Homeland Security said there was still not sure whether the shooting incident, and terrorism.

The U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas outside the city away from the city of Austin and Waco, about 100 kilometers, is the U.S. Army’s largest active duty armored troops home base, it is to the Yugoslav Army during the American Civil War generals John – named after Hood. The base was built and put into use since 1942, managed by the Army, stationed off the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and other troops, the base early this year, a total of 52000 soldiers were stationed.

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U.S. Army may wear the development of flexible OLED displays

Flexible OLED displaysAccording to the United States “Western defense” October 20, 2009, U.S. Universal Display Corporation (Universal Display) is a phosphorescent OLED display and lighting technology, well-known developer. October 20, the company announced the acquisition of the U.S. Army awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract, the first contract extension. According to the extension worth about 3.3 million contracts, Universal Display will continue to carry out the development of flexible OLED displays, and production in the U.S. Army to deliver a flexible metal foil display on the prototype.

Universal Display Corporation and South Korea’s LG Display Corporation and the United States L-3 Display Systems, Inc. launched a partnership that will work to improve based on flexible metal foil substrate active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display prototype design and performance. Currently the U.S. Department of Defense is being done for military purposes, to assess the technology, including a soldier in the field to use wristband style light displays. The contract extension includes a new prototype design and manufacturing, the prototype uses amorphous silicon substrate and metal foil substrates, designed by LG monitors. The new prototype will also adopt a by Universal Display Corporation to design and manufacture of phosphorescent OLED panels. This OLED displays will be thinner into a new shell, the shell from the L-3 Display Systems designs and manufactures. The new shell and smaller size than the early prototypes, more durable, in the future man will have a more flexible use of wearable and portability.

According to Universal Display Corporation officials said that in the flexible OLED display development process, the U.S. Army’s support is indispensable. The three companies will continue to cooperate on the project, in order to soldiers and a similar show clients that are lighter, smaller, more advanced properties of flexible OLED display products.

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