SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of the Obama administration's effort to shutter the jail, according to a list released Monday by the U.S. military. ...more

September 28, 2009

Tell us, Robert Gates, what's the difference between working under Barack Obama and working under George W. Bush? ...more

March 2, 2009

The Bush administration, in the midst of a wide review of its war strategy in Afghanistan, is likely to recommend soon to the incoming Obama administration that the United States push for further expansion of the Afghan army as the surest path to an eventual U.S. withdrawal, The Associated Press has learned. The strategy review, which began in September amid increasing militant violence and a growing U.S. and allied death toll, is being coordinated at the White House and is expected to be presented by December. ...more

November 17, 2008

Gen. David Petraeus took charge of U.S. Central Command at a ceremony Friday morning at MacDill Air Force Base, saying his first trip after being sworn in would be to Pakistan. ...more

October 31, 2008

The mighty U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons, midwived by World War II and nurtured by the Cold War, is declining in power and purpose while the military's competence in handling the world's most dangerous arms has eroded. ...more

October 27, 2008

It was 18 years ago that I last saw then-Cmdr. Kevin Cosgriff. I was climbing (actually hanging on for dear life) down a rope ladder over the side of the USS Robert G. Bradley into a pilot boat that would haul me back to Egmont Key as the guided missile frigate moved slowly in the dawn light just beyond the Sunshine Skyway. ...more

October 22, 2008

The highest-ranking U.S. military officer warned Thursday that the situation in Afghanistan will likely get worse next year and that it will take time to turn it around because it has been headed in "the wrong direction" for the past two years. ...more

October 10, 2008

Vice Adm. John J. Donnelly, commander of the Navy's submarine fleet, spoke during the Tampa Rotary Club's luncheon Aug. 12 at the St. Pete Times Forum. Rotary members enjoy weekly speakers who discuss current events and issues. ...more

August 27, 2008

"The Assassin," by Stephen Coonts (St. Martin's Press, $27) ...more

August 17, 2008

Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official. ...more

July 24, 2008