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Defense Secretary Robert Gates set forth modest goals for Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying that success should be defined as an Afghanistan that is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda, whose people reject the rule of Taliban insurgents and support a legitimate government.
Tags: Barack Obama, Leave Iraq, U.S, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Afghanistan, Pentagon, William Lynn, president barack, Raytheon, Hamid Karzai
Marines there to withdraw, the service's top general said Friday. "The time is right for Marines in general terms to leave Iraq," said Marine Corps Commandant James Conway. That war has become largely a nation-building mission rather than the pitched...
Tags: military, Iraq, Afghanistan, US Marines, U.S. Marine Force, James T. Conway, marines force, leave iraq, marines commandant
A senior Iraqi official has accused an Iraq-based Iranian opposition group of planning a suicide attack against Iraqi security forces, raising concern that the government in Baghdad may try to expel the exiles from the country. The Iraqi government has...
Tags: iraq, Iraqi Islamic Party, odierno, iran, leave iraq, Barack Obama, U.S, president barack, ray, Baghdad
When Ray Odierno took over the top military post in Iraq from General David Petraeus in September, there was a lot of hand-wringing among folk at defense think tanks in Washington worried that he was the wrong man for the job. They pointed to Odierno's...
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Family and friends have welcomed home about 130 members of the Iowa National Guard. The soldiers attended a community homecoming ceremony Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. The troops are members of the 186th Military Police...
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Ray Odierno is returning to Baghdad to command a slowly shrinking force in possibly the final phase of American combat action...David Petraeus as the overall commander of U.S. and allied forces in Iraq. Petraeus` 20 months at the helm took Iraq from the...
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Several blasts shook Baghdad on Monday, with over 23 reported killed by various news agencies operating in the city.
Tags: iraq, Iraqi, odierno, leave iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Baghdad, U.S, Iran, ray, president mahmoud
Download (MP3) Gollust report - Listen (MP3) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Monday stressed the enduring nature of the two countries' alliance despite Australia's decision to remove troops from
Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Australian, Australia-Indonesia, Washington of Australia, AP Photo Australia, foreign minister, iraq war, Leave Iraq, Iraq Melbourne, Stephen Smith