Turkish warplanes, helicopters and artillery bombed suspected hideouts of Kurdish rebels in remote, mountainous terrain of northern Iraq on Saturday. ...more

February 24, 2008

WASHINGTON - Debris from an obliterated U.S. spy satellite is being tracked over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans but appears to be too small to cause damage on Earth, a senior military officer said Thursday, just hours after a Navy missile scored a direct hit on the failing spacecraft. ...more

February 21, 2008

A missile launched from a Navy ship struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, the Pentagon said. ...more

February 21, 2008

High seas in the north Pacific may force the Navy to wait another day before launching a heat-seeking missile on a mission to shoot down a wayward U.S. spy satellite, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ...more

February 20, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed the idea of a pause in the drawdown of U.S. troops this summer, as bombers killed at least 22 Iraqis in attacks targeting U.S.-allied tribal leaders. ...more

February 12, 2008

The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. troop reductions in Iraq will slow or stop altogether this summer, a move that would jeopardize hopes of relieving strain on the Army and Marine Corps and revive debate over an open-ended U.S. commitment in Iraq. ...more

January 30, 2008

The U.S. military would be willing to undertake joint combat operations with Pakistani forces against Islamic militants if Pakistani leaders request the help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban spring offensive,military officials said Wednesday. ...more

January 10, 2008

President Bush held an emergency meeting of his top foreign policy aides Friday to discuss the deepening crisis in Pakistan, as administration officials and others explored whether Thursday's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto marks the beginning of a new Islamic extremist offensive that could spread beyond Pakistan and undermine the U.S. war effort in neighboring Afghanistan. ...more

December 29, 2007

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida has joined at least two other Washington lawmakers requesting a full accounting into whether the reported rapes of American contractors in Iraq are being adequately investigated. ...more

December 15, 2007