Afghans Move to Free 7 'Insider Attack' Suspects Seven of the prisoners Afghanistan may release are thought by the coalition commander to be responsible for "insider attacks...
Karzai Rejects US Pleas on Prisoner Release Hamid Karzai has ordered 72 of 88 suspected insurgents to be released from jail over the heated objections of the U.S.
Fallujah on Minds of Deploying Marines Mabus told Marine combat units that there's no guarantee that Helmand province won't fall back into the enemy's hands.
DoD Refuses to ID Afghan Prisoners Being Released Defense Department officials have rejected Congressional efforts to identify the 72 prisoners Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Navy Cross for Marines Killed In ‘Insider Attack’ A pair of Marines have posthumously received the Navy Cross following the 2012 "insider attack" that ended their lives.
Afghan Prisoner Release Threatens Troop Agreement The U.S. military blasted a move by Afghanistan's government to release 37 "dangerous" prisoners it says pose security...
Obama Hears from Top Commanders on Afghan Options President Obama called his commander in Afghanistan and the nation's top military leaders to the White House Tuesday to hear...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...