Pakistan reopens US supply lines to Afghanistan, drops demand for apology for friendly-fire deaths, gets more $$$: http://econ.st/LacJLL. SydneyFreedberg

NO Pgon sequestration planning, sez spokes. WH "proposes over $4T in balanced deficit reduction" which Hill could adopt to avoid cuts. @colinclarkaol

It’s official: Gen. Mark Welsh will be nominated as the next Air Force Chief of Staff. SecDef Panetta made announcement at press conference @colinclarkaol

HASC votes to restrict Administration’s ability to negotiate international "space code of conduct" — explained here:  http://bit.ly/JfscX1 SydneyFreedberg

Shipboard laser program launched @ONR (http://bit.ly/K02uoi) – for why the Navy needs lasers, see http://bit.ly/JKmni0 SydneyFreedberg

Panetta & Dempsey to push "Law of the Sea" ratification tomorrow @ACUS (http://bit.ly/K8Nl7O) — pros & cons of LOS @ http://bit.ly/IHWF2v SydneyFreedberg

31 military & vets’ groups of Military Coalition (http://bit.ly/JKN4Ci) write Congress saying "stop sequestration" – http://1.usa.gov/JKMsfV SydneyFreedberg

CSBA talks #lasers @WSJ: http://on.wsj.com/KwEokm. For hoi poloi who can’t get WSJ, we talked to CSBA on this 2 weeks ago: http://bit.ly/JKmni0 SydneyFreedberg

Notorious defense budget analyst moves to POGO! Winslow Wheeler, member of AOL D’s Board of Contributors, will keep annoying folks for us. colinclarkaol

Grover Norquist & co weigh in on arcana of missile defense – http://bit.ly/IjkBU3 SydneyFreedberg