Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld secured a declaration from Vietnamese defense officials that Hanoi would offer more assistance in US efforts to recover remains of Americans missing since the Vietnam War, reports Associated Press news service.Rumsfeld was in Hanoi on his fourth visit to Vietnam but his first as US Defense Secretary. He told reporters that the burgeoning relationship between the two countries has “to be comfortable for both countries.”
Members of the House Armed Services Committee say the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile program has been set back three months due to the ongoing government shutdown. The comment is noteworthy because the JATM's status has been kept tightly under wraps.
