James Conway

Marine Commandant Defies White House on Gay Troops

Aaron Belkin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Aaron Belkin

Commandant General James Conway's opposition to the president on "don't ask, don't tell" could have many underlying implications. Some would say he should be taken out to the woodshed.

Top Marine: Time For His Troops To Leave Iraq, Enter Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Iraq is stable enough to allow the roughly 22,000 U.S. Marines there to withdraw, the service's top general said Friday. "The time...