President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. ...more

November 11, 2009

Word is spreading that Pakistan is preparing to stop helping the United States in its war on terror. That's because U.S. troops have attacked targets in the country's remote, lawless regions in an attempt to take out Taliban leaders and Al Qaeda who continue to attack into Afghanistan. Suffice it to say that it is troublesome when an ally threatens to quit being a friend, but it must not stop America from attacking our enemies wherever we find them, and where there is no meaningful support to stop the bad guys by foreign governments who are supposed to be helping us. ...more

September 14, 2008

A Pentagon advisory group condemned the Air Force for a dramatic deterioration in managing the nation's nuclear arsenal, and recommended Friday that it consolidate nuclear responsibilities under one command. ...more

September 13, 2008

President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, officials said. ...more

September 5, 2008

Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Pentagon is determined to overhaul the training and active duty tours for the Army National Guard. ...more

August 20, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, opening a high-stakes foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with Sen. John McCain in the presidential campaign over whether the war in Iraq has been a distraction in hunting down terrorists. ...more

July 20, 2008

There's a war going on, and Army Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale has a mission. ...more

July 13, 2008

In new television ads running in Tampa and nationwide, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks of learning "values straight from the Kansas heartland" from his mother and grandparents, and boasts that he "passed a law to move people from welfare to work, slashed the rolls by 80 percent." ...more

July 8, 2008

President Bush on Monday presented the nation's highest military award to a 19-year-old soldier who died saving the lives of four comrades in Iraq by jumping on a grenade tossed into their military vehicle. ...more

June 3, 2008