Erin Burnett delivers a special message from the family of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Josh Berndt serving in Afghanistan.

You won't believe what camouflage is coming until you see troops disappear.

Are violations of the statute in armies of the Alliance punishable, even if the culprits wear general’s epaulettes? Crimes in armies of NATO Member States are not rare and receive due sanctions irrespective of titles and positions.

PM accuses the previous Government of buying mediocre Kalashnikov rifles expensively

PM Bidzina Ivanishvili stated at the Governmental session that the previous Government purchased a great number of old-type Kalashnikov rifles for ten times their normal prices, squandering a total of GEL 42 million. Another 3 million was transferred to purchase a tank. “Next time we will not transfer money for a tank. Wanton expenses that were not covered by the state budget forced us to allocate 52 million to Defense Ministry anew,” – he noted.

Recently it has become known that before the Parliamentary elections all offices of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream, including his business centre, was spied on, their phone lines bugged and email boxes scanned. It turns out that for almost one year a powerful CCTV camera was operating from the highest illuminated TV tower of the capital.

Interview with Defense Minister Irakli Alasania

 

Several issues earlier we presented an interview with Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. Below we present the continuation of that interview. This one deals with national defense plans of Georgia.

National Movement views the facts of beating a soldier and an officer by the former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia and former Chief of United HQ Giorgi Kalandadze, as unworthy accusations.

Exactly 50 years ago, the entire world found itself on the verge of a nuclear catastrophe which resolved only after the Kremlin removed nuclear ballistic missiles from Cuba and Washington did the same with missiles positioned in Turkey and targeting Georgia.

Exclusive interview with Defense Minister Irakli Alasania

 

Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania is the guest of “Our Expert” section. He named the establishment of control over civilian staff as one of the main tasks. He promises the Georgian population to develop the active military policy together with Prime-Minister. But he remarked also that he is not going to interfere in military issues.