KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year and warned th...
Dave Hackel | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media
It keeps happening -- every day the "news" is filled with statements that give me no other choice than to just shake my head and say, "Huh?" These stories and ideas just don't compute.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 12.08.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that...
Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
Despite the president's commitment on Tuesday that a surge of US and international troops in Afghanistan would "allow us to begin the transfer of our ...
AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their ...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
That we can or should allow gays to serve openly only after -- or iff -- we end one or both wars is the most obvious of red herrings. It will take years for the wars to "end."
AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swi...
The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
Remember when Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley and President Barack Obama all sat down for the major news ...
Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...
ABC News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the A...
Washington Post | Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by th...
Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States should not proceed ...
Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has a...
google.com | Dan De Luce (AFP) – 5 Hours Ago | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
WASHINGTON US military officers and civilians advising President Barack Obama on Afghanistan should keep their views private, Defense Secretary Robert...
Ari Melber | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
After years of skirmishing under the radar, the nexus between conservative talk radio and hip hop has come to the fore.
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — Military officials voiced frustration and congressional leaders urged caution Tuesday over what they described as President Barack ...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With hardly any debate, a powerful Senate committee Thursday approved President Barack Obama's $128 billion request for military op...
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress urged the Obama administration Thursday to quickly produce a plan for winning the war in Afghanistan...
AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
FORT WORTH, Texas — The United States and NATO need a new strategy to defeat the Taliban, the top commander in Afghanistan said Monday as he del...
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
I have not only come to understand that racial prejudice exists, but I have also come to expect and observe it more than react to it.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.
AP | July 31, 2009 06:03 PM | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
BOSTON — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sent flowers and a note to the woman who unwittingly sparked a national debate on race by calli...
Joseph Freeman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
The Gates and Crowley get-together Thursday night, Twyman said, distracts the president from more pressing issues such as health care and might encourage kids to experiment with booze.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 12.11.2009 | World