The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authoriza...
Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living
My daughter is a military wife. Which makes me a military mother-in-law. Which means that I have a personal interest in Bush's announcement about shorter combat tours.
Bobby Muller | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Almost half of the soldiers scheduled to deploy to Iraq are members of our National Guard. We can't maintain this -- it is another cost of the war, one that is too great for our country to bear.
Washington Post | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
From The Washington Post: The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasin...
The Guardian (U.K.) | Seumas Milne | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended ...
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — A new burst of violence in Iraq sharpens the differences among U.S. military leaders over how to balance the risk of pulling U.S. t...
Denver Post | Erin Emery | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
Fort Carson sent soldiers who were not medically fit to war zones last month to meet "deployable strength" goals, according to e-mails obtained by The...
Washington Post | Donna St. George | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics
he sun had not yet risen in Taji. A young Army soldier lay alone in the dirt. She was alive, but barely. Her ribs had been crushed; her spleen, ruptur...
Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen...
At a rally on Saturday in California,...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
The following are my comments from the stage at yesterday's Vote...
On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Last week's post began an exploration into what style is today and how this relates to each of us. If we...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Reuters | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics