Failure in Afghanistan would mean a Taliban takeover of the country and "have severe consequences for the United States and the world," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday as the Obama administration set out to sell its new war strategy on Capitol Hill. ...more

December 2, 2009

In his speech tonight announcing a military surge for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama owes it to U.S. troops and to taxpayers to get specific about his goal for that impoverished, unruly place. ...more

December 1, 2009

The U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq will create a shortage of helicopters and logistics support that high-level officials worry will hamper the elite U.S. troops who stay behind to train Iraqi forces and to combat terrorist networks, according to experts studying the problem. ...more

March 9, 2009

Congressional officials say President Barack Obama has told lawmakers he plans to pull troops out of Iraq by August 2010. ...more

February 26, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is approaching the presidential transition unlike any of his predecessors. ...more

November 24, 2008

Before resting from the grueling presidential race, John McCain began discussing with senior aides what role he will play in the Senate now that he has promised to work with the man who defeated him for president. One obvious focus will be the war in Iraq. After two years spent more on the campaign than in the Senate, McCain will return as the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee. ...more

November 5, 2008

Republican Eddie Adams Jr. was briefly sidelined with a ruptured appendix two years ago when he faced Democrat Kathy Castor for the U.S. House District 11 seat being vacated by Jim Davis. ...more

October 19, 2008

The Iraqi government could end this year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus, based largely on ever-increasing oil revenue, congressional auditors say. ...more

August 6, 2008

The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "Coercive Management Techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "Sleep Deprivation," "Prolonged Constraint" and "Exposure." ...more

July 2, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the search for alternatives to the country's dependence on foreign oil is so urgent that he's willing to throw money at it. ...more

June 24, 2008