WASHINGTON -- Anticipating continued trouble in the Middle East and a possible conflict with Iran, the Army got permission from the Obama administrat...

WASHINGTON — It would take "a complete failure" of the Iraqi security forces for the U.S. to resume combat operations there, the top American co...

WASHINGTON — It would take "a complete failure" of the Iraqi security forces for the U.S. to resume combat operations there, the top American co...

WASHINGTON — Iraq's military is ready and able to take over security operations as the United States ends it combat role and prepares for a majo...

There seems to be a colossal disconnect between the rhetoric and reality of the Obama Administration's strategy to withdraw troop levels in Iraq from 120,000 down to 50,000 by August 2010.

WASHINGTON — The senior U.S. general in Iraq since 2008, Gen. Ray Odierno, will be succeeded by a leading Pentagon general at the end of the sum...

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — A string of setbacks for al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq has left the insurgent group "devastated" and struggling to ...

After talking with General Ray Odierno, what comes clear is this: The end of the American era in Iraq has begun. But it's only a beginning.

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. general in Iraq says the Iraqi military performed superbly on Sunday's mostly peaceful election day and that President...

Chalabi still has more loyal friends in the US then most people imagine. Chalabi's US representative insisted to me last week that Chalabi was the best friend America has in Iraq, a sorry thought.

BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillar...

CAMP RAMADI, Iraq — The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday an American role over the next 2 1/2 years is crucial to ensuring legitimate nat...

A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...

Obama's policy is to reduce the U.S. military "footprint" in Iraq. The administration is opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push.

Gen. Ray Odierno, the American commander in Iraq, said Sunday that Iraq's military and police units were ready to operate on their own, ahead of Tuesd...