The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says the time has come for the military to rethink its policy toward gays.

A senior US envoy has canceled talks in Japan on a row over a military base due to scheduling problems, the State Department said Monday.

AP - Boeing Co. chief executive Jim McNerney's compensation fell 7.2 percent last year after the commercial airplane maker and defense contractor posted a smaller profit than its board had been looking for.

Reuters - The Pentagon said on Monday it was looking into serious allegations about a U.S. Defense Department official accused of setting up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants.

The US military handed over one of its two remaining detention facilities to Iraqi authorities on Monday, further winding down its operations as it prepares a withdrawal of combat troops.

Reuters - Airbus parent EADS has received no word of any changes to a contest to supply aerial refueling tankers to the United States, the head of Airbus Military said on Monday. A source familiar with Pentagon thinking said on Friday the United States may extend a deadline for bids on its aerial refueling tanker to give EADS an opportunity to consider whether to compete against Boeing on the project.

Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a mass street rally in Bangkok on Monday after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rebuffed their demand for elections at a time of heightened political tension.

An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said on Sunday.

The Joint Strike Fighter next generation warplane for US and allied forces may end up costing more than 100 million dollars per plane, a Pentagon official told Congress Thursday.

AP - Defense contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit Thursday.