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

November 24, 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

Republican John McCain's estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the presidential rivals' escalating disagreement over the war. ...more

May 31, 2008

Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq but won't promise more details until fall - timing that plunges the four-star Army general into the heart of this year's presidential elections. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Senate on Friday rejected a nine-month timetable for bringing most troops home from Iraq, yet another legislative defeat for Democrats in what is shaping up as a losing battle to force President Bush to end the war. ...more

September 22, 2007

Iraq's embattled prime minister defended his government Sunday against U.S. critics, saying they underestimate the problems facing his country and fail to appreciate his achievements 'such as stopping the civil and sectarian war.' ...more

September 3, 2007