...that because my impression is that Netanyahu brought in Ehud Barak, a long-time political rival, to serve as his Defense Minister for the past four years precisely to lead the IDF into devising and practicing and be preparing to execute a decisive...

...of a classified government report. It was Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaking on CNN's Situation Room on...8nuclear 3/8 weapon," but at that time the Israeli defense minister gave no hint about why or how he knew it.On Monday...

...Path rebel group may have been wounded in combat in a remote coca-growing region, the government said Friday.Defense Minister Alberto Otarola told reporters that authorities are not ruling out that the rebel known as Comrade Artemio "may...

...Salvadoran army general and former defense minister accused of ordering the 1989...two decades before becoming defense minister. Sept. 3. Vann Nath, 66...prince of Saudi Arabia who as defense minister closed multibillion-dollar...

...parties but handed major positions to Sunnis and Kurds. Sunnis serve or will be named as deputy prime minister, defense minister and speaker of parliament. Measures to integrate former Sunni militiamen into the security forces or other government...

...condition of anonymity. Asked whether that sent a signal to guerrillas that rocket attacks would be tolerated, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh told Channel 1 TV: ''We are in no hurry to escalate the level, but we say very clearly that if there...

...In a long funeral procession to the palace, his son and designated heir, Bashar Assad, was flanked by Syria's defense minister, a symbol of the key support Syria's powerful military has thrown behind him. Young and politically untested...

...will be reached before the September deadline set by Yasser Arafat for an independent Palestine. And Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, speaking after a meeting with an Arafat aide, portrayed Tuesday's Camp David breakdown as merely...

...chief Adm. Vladimir Kuroyedov said in a statement Tuesday. Navy officials denied Russian press reports quoting Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev as saying an operation to extricate the crew was underway. The navy said an attempt might be made...

...put the "entire military command of the Russian navy into a state of shock." Some Russian officials, including Defense Minister Igor D. Sergeyev and Deputy Prime Minister Ilya I. Klebanov, continued to insist that the submarine was damaged...