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He also praised what he called “improved cooperation” between foreign forces in the Afghan war. The defense secretary's comments contradict reports that Taliban militants are gaining momentum, eight years after the US-led invasion of the country...Gates is the first top...

David Petraeus said in an interview that violence in Afghanistan would increase in months ahead with the arrival of tens of thousands of U.S. reinforcements, underscoring the military and political challenges facing the Obama administration's Afghan war strategy.

Educated at Wellington College, Somerset and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned to the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a second lieutenant in 1971. He commanded a multi-national division in Bosnia in 1999 and was senior British military representative...

All Iraqis from all sects have faced the most ferocious terrorist campaign supported from abroad," Maliki said in a televised live address Wednesday. He also advised political parties against using security failures for political gain. "Such aggressive attacks should not...

U.S. military planners will know by mid-2011 if their new strategy for Afghanistan is going to succeed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says...Mike Mullen told the Voice of America Wednesday that by July 2011 -- which is...

Secretary Gates, let me begin with you, because there’s been so much focus since the President’s speech on this call to begin an exit strategy in July 2011, and I want to show you what Senator McCain said earlier this...

We're getting ready for the snowfall this year are you? Our thinking, we would research about investing into "snow tires" for our car so we would not be stuck like we were last winter for two weeks. I grab the...

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said he expected the Obama administration's retooled war strategy to show clear results by the end of next year, paving the way for some of the 30,000 planned reinforcements to begin returning home in...

Iraqi leaders came under fire Wednesday from enraged MPs for failing to prevent Baghdad blasts which killed 127 people, while police said the attackers were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia. Tuesday's spate of bombings, which which accounted...

Vice President Biden Calls Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki The Vice President spoke to both Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier today. The Vice President conveyed the condolences of the...