http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100112/BREAKING01/100112070/Former+Schofield+captain+sentenced+in++400+000+embezzlement Updated at 5:35 p.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Former Schofield captain sentenced in $400,000 embezzlement Advertiser Staff Former Schofield Barracks Army Capt. David S. Gilliam, 39, drew a 50-month federal prison sentence Tuesday for stealing government property while serving in Afghanistan in 2004-2005. Senior U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor also ordered Gilliam to repay… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Meanwhile, Sen. Inouye flies to Japan to address military bases issue
According to the following article by the AP published in the Honolulu Star Bulletin, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was touring Hawai’i, encountering anti-bases protesters and failing to reach an agreement with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada over the relocation of Futenma Air Station in Okinawa, Senator Inouye flew off to Japan to meet with… Read more »
Protest greets Hillary Clinton at the East West Center
Angela Hoppe Cruz, a Chamorro student at UH, demonstrates her solidarity against U.S. military bases in Okinawa as well as Guam, her homeland. Photo: Eri Oura Today in Honolulu, a lively protest outside the East West Center greeted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who delivered a speech on the U.S. vision for the Asia-Pacific… Read more »
Hawai’i Residents challenge Army bid to possess depleted uranium
Excerpts from the article below: Albertini wants the NRC to deny the PTA license, shut down and clean up the 133,000-acre military installation and return the ceded lands to the Kingdom of Hawaii. Because the NRC, an independent federal agency, has never denied a license, Albertini said, he concedes that scenario is unlikely. Assuming a… Read more »
How to exit Afghanistan
Thanks to Joseph Gerson for sharing this article with the following comments: In the following article, Selig S. Harrison describes a Realpolitik diplomatic alternative to the destructive and self-destructive U.S.-NATO war in Afghanistan. Please note, among other things, he identifies the Pentagon’s commitment to having massive and strategically important bases in Bagram and Kandahar as… Read more »
N. Korea wants Peace Treaty talks, U.S. and S. Korea reject idea
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12korea.html January 12, 2010 North Korea Calls for Peace Treaty Talks With U.S. By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday proposed talks with the United States to reach a formal peace treaty that would replace the truce that halted the Korean War 57 years ago, indicating that it would not give… Read more »
Send a Message to Secretary of State Clinton
URGENT ACTION ALERT TUESDAY Message to Secretary of State Clinton: We Want Peace! Sign holding to declare our vision for the Asia-Pacific at Clinton’s policy speech TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 1:00 – 2:30 pm East-West Center Imin Conference Center at the UH Manoa campus, East West Road. A Peoples’ Vision for the Asia Pacific: We… Read more »
Close US Military Bases in Japan and Okinawa; Rally During Secretary of State HIllary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Speech
Posted on Common Dreams: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2010 4:22 AM CONTACT: Grassroots Organizations Kyle Kajihiro, American Friends Service Committee andDMZ Hawaii/ Aloha ‘Aina home 808-542-3668, (KKajihiro@afsc.org) Ann Wright, Gaza Freedom March, www.gazafreedommarch.org 808-741-1141, (microann@yahoo.com) Close US Military Bases in Japan and Okinawa; Rally During Secretary of State HIllary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Speech HAWAII… Read more »
Shimojijima islanders protest possibility of U.S. military base
The new ruling party in Japan is trying to uphold its campaign pledge to reject relocation of Futenma Marine base to Henoko in Okinawa. The new government is scouting alternative sites, including small offshore islands such as Shimojijima. But residents of Shimojijima are protesting even the aerial inspection of their island by a top official. … Read more »
Japan foreign minister visits Hawaii to meet Hilary Clinton regarding military bases
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100111/BREAKING01/100111037/Japan+foreign+minister+visits+Hawaii+for+military+talks Updated at 11:49 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 Japan foreign minister visits Hawaii for military talks Associated Press HONOLULU — The Japanese foreign minister is visiting Hawaii for talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa. Katsuya Okada is meeting with military leaders at… Read more »
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