Hassan Rouhani, 64, will take office as President of Iran on August 3 with the endorsement of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who Saturday congratulated him as the winner of Friday’s election by 50.7 percent in the first round of voting. Rouhani garnered 18 million ballots out of the 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters, with the [...] Continue Reading…
American sources claimed Saturday, June 15, that the “military support” the Obama administration promised the Syrian opposition Friday consisted of automatic weapons, mortars and recoilless rocket grenades (RPGs) for delivery within three weeks through Turkey.
Those items, say debkafile’s military sources, are no more than a mockery of the rebels’ needs. Any Middle East arms trafficker can quickly lay hands [...] Continue Reading…
Kuwait is the first Gulf emirate ready to act on the resolution of the recent Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Jeddah to punish Hizballah for its “flagrant intervention in Syria” against “freedom fighters.” The Interior Ministry in Kuwait is about to “end the residency of some 2,000 Lebanese Shiite citizens” and shut down their financial and commercial businesses.
The six-member [...] Continue Reading…
The White House, in a second statement, said early Friday said the US would provide “direct military support” for the first time to the Syrian opposition after obtaining proof that the Syrian government had used the chemical weapon sarin against rebel forces. The nature of the package was not specified. The rebels responded to this apparent evasion with a demand [...] Continue Reading…
Moscow is not ready to give up on getting Russian troops posted on the divided Golan as part of the UN force policing the Israeli-Syrian separation sector, even after rejections by the UN and Israel. Monday, June 10, the Russian lawmaker Aleksey Pushkov, an influential foreign relations policy adviser to the Kremlin, said: “The issue has not been yet [...] Continue Reading…
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BULLETIN
15 June 2013
THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
== Medicare Part D [35] ————— (Diabetes Prescription Drug Use)
== Veteran eMentor Program ——— (Self Improvement Opportunity)
== VA Performance [03] ——————– (What VHA is Doing Right)
== UCMJ Applicable to Retirees ———————– (Did You Know?)
== Army Retiree Council [05] ———– (Standards of Service Needed)
== AKO Transition ———————————– (Will Affect Retirees)
== DOD Self-Service Logon [...] Continue Reading…
