The Pentagon has begun planning to send as many as 7,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, senior...
Concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews of the entire mission, from security and counterterrorism to political consolidation and...
Marking the 14th anniversary of legislation that allowed gay people to serve in the military but only if they kept their orientation secret, 28 retired generals and admirals plan to...
The non-partisan Congressional Research Service has estimated that the Army has enough budget flexibility to pay for military operations through July, should a standoff between the White House and Congress...
A passing exchange during a Senate hearing on Thursday turned into a political flash point as Sen. Barbara Boxer and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused one another of insensitivity...
President Bush has decided to name Lt. Gen. David Petraeus as the top American military commander in Iraq, part of a broad revamping of the military team that will carry...
The rash of car bombings in Baghdad last week has fueled new debate over whether the American and Iraqi counterinsurgency strategy is working. The explosions underscored how the elusive networks...
Uzbekistan formally ordered the United States to leave an air base that has been a hub for operations in Afghanistan, in an abrupt protest over a secret UN operation Friday...
Uzbek law-enforcement and security ministries implicated by witnesses in the deadly crackdown last month in the city of Andijan have for years received training and equipment from counterterrorism programs run...
The commander of U.S. ground forces in the Middle East promised Thursday to provide armored vehicles for every soldier in Iraq, even as congressional statistics revealed a stark shortage in...