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.”
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.