
The last patient leaves Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., in advance of Hurricane Irene, after more than a century of service, Saturday, August 27, 2011 / DoD photo

Trash can be deadly. You can get a hint of that from the contract solicitation issued Tuesday by the Defense Logistics Agency’s European disposition office seeking “hazardous waste services in southwest Asia.”
TOKYO – Maybe it’s sympathy from last year’s triple disasters or maybe it’s just China being China. But for what it’s worth, Americans increasingly view Japan as its most important ally in Asia.

