Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week issued a memo authorizing the military to perform humanitarian missions in Japan, granting the authority to spend $35 million on relief operations, according to a Navy briefing obtained by Inside the Navy . The briefing, last updated March 14, details the comprehensive response the U.S. military is taking to the disaster caused by the fourth-largest earthquake to occur worldwide since 1900, according data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and the tsunami that followed. The...
