Obama thwarted on detainees
The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to resettle some detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the United States, officials said, a recognition that the task had become politically impossible...
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Mullen: Afghan deaths hurt effort
The United States is jeopardizing its chances of success in Afghanistan by mistakenly inflicting casualties on civilians in airstrikes that undermine support for the war among the general population, the...
Interrogation images near
The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel during the Bush administration of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least 44...
Army suicides increase sharply
The suicide rate among U.S. Army soldiers reached its highest level in three decades in 2008, military officials said Thursday in a report that pointed to the inadequacy of anti-suicide...
Obama staff briefed on war plan
The Pentagon and national security officials are transmitting a battery of new information concerning the Afghanistan war to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team in hopes the new administration will act...
Gates to remain as defense secretary
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to serve in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet, advisors said Tuesday, setting up the unusual situation in which a wartime Pentagon chief remains to...
New U.S. general at helm in Iraq
Army Gen. Ray Odierno took command of American troops here Tuesday, making it clear he wants the Iraqis to take a bigger role in security and make political progress as...
U.S. brass cautious on hand-over to Iraq forces
As Iraq's government presses the United States for a deadline to withdraw its troops, top U.S. military officials Monday cautioned against pushing Iraqi forces to take control too quickly --...
U.S.: Video defends hit in Pakistan
Faced with outrage from a key ally, the U.S. military on Thursday released footage of a clash between coalition forces and Taliban militants that Pakistan alleges killed 11 of its...
$46 billion request raises war tab
Setting up another confrontation with congressional Democrats over the war in Iraq, President Bush sent Congress a $45.9 billion emergency funding request Monday for expenses related to U.S. military campaigns....