Written on June 7, 2010 at 8:20 am by

Episode #37: Weekly AFPS News Roundup

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In the AFPS podcast this week; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates attends a major security conference in Singapore; the commander of NATO forces in Eastern Afghanistan discusses the impact of the U.S. troop surge and hopes for an Afghan organized peace council  to reconcile with former Taliban fighters; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen visits servicemembers and their families at Fort Bragg N.C.; stockpiles of ammunition from past conflicts in Afghanistan are posing safety hazards; U.S. Southern Command ends its earthquake relief mission in Haiti and sends new help to Guatemala after a deadly tropical storm there; and, an update on the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico from national incident commander Navy Adm. Thad Allen.

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