Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday until the end of the month because of the Muslim religious season - the end of much-delayed efforts to pass U.S.-backed legislation aimed at achieving national reconciliation this year. ...more

December 7, 2007

U.S. military commanders in northern Iraq told Defense Secretary Robert Gates here Wednesday that they need more troops to battle increased attacks by al-Qaida terrorists who have fled north after being pushed out of the Baghdad region. ...more

December 6, 2007

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to freeze plans for further reducing Army forces in Europe and will maintain about 40,000 soldiers in Germany and Italy, nearly twice as many as had been envisioned under a drawdown that began two years ago, senior Pentagon and military officials said. ...more

November 22, 2007

Congress left for its Thanksgiving recess Friday without passing a bill to pay for the war in Iraq after the Senate deadlocked over a Democratic demand that the measure include a call for most troops to be withdrawn by the end of next year. ...more

November 17, 2007

U.S. defense officials have signaled that up-to-date attack plans are available if needed in the escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear aims, although no strike appears imminent. ...more

November 9, 2007

The U.S. military announced six new deaths Tuesday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for U.S. troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sharp drop in roadside bombings that Washington links to Iran. ...more

November 7, 2007

All State Department security convoys in Iraq now will be under military control, the latest step taken by government officials to bring Blackwater Worldwide and other armed contractors under tighter supervision. ...more

October 31, 2007

Republic - The Bush administration has told Moscow it may delay activation of a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe until it has 'definitive proof' that Iran poses a missile threat, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. ...more

October 24, 2007

Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish military convoy on Sunday less than three miles from the Iraqi border, killing 12 soldiers in the face of growing threats by Turkey to cross the rugged frontier and root out the guerrillas. ...more

October 22, 2007