International/Major
President DDB has signed a non-aggression pact with the nation of Battlestar Pegasus. President DDB had this to say
QUOTE (President DDB)
The signing of this NAP will make the nation of Kitex safer and more prosperous as we have just simultanieously lowered the threat of war with a fellow nation in the region and we've also found a good trading partner.
General of the Army, Rusa MacNell (pictured below) has been asked by President DDB to become the new Secretary of Defense, replacing the retiring Continuum War general, Ash Palayna. Rusa is expected to accept the position but has not yet commented on it.
Rusa MacNell
Military
The Kitexian Army and Marine Corps launched a successful practice border reinforcement operation. General Rusa MacNell and Marine Commandent Shu-nay Rafastan (pictured below) said that they were "pleased and quite happy to know that the nation's borders can be protected and also that the two services can work together in harmony."
Marine Commandant Shu-nay Rafastan
Also Parliament has accepted the proposed military budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
By Title
Operations and maintenance: $ 5 million
Military Personnel: $ 6 million
Procurement: $ 3 million
Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation: $8 million
Military Construction: $5 million
Family Housing: $7 million
Resolving and Management Funds: $ 2 million
By Service
Army: $ 6 million
Marine Corps: $ 6 million
Local militias: $ 6 million
Tank Corps: $ 4 million
Coast Guard: $ 5 million
The budget totals $36 million. This being 15.4% of the nation's annual GDP.
Political
Today Parliament passed sweeping legislation aimed at creating renewable energy and having Kitexian businesses be eco-friendly by 2015. It included the mandatory building of eco-friendly cars, and putting caps on how much pollution companies can do to the enviornment, which also included a clause saying that companies could not ship their manufacturing base overseas where there are little to no pollution standards.