Afghan Official Refuses $8M Barracks Due to Shoddy Construction An Afghan police commander refused to accept a barracks built by US tax dollars because it was so poorly constructed.
Army Denies Reports Bergdahl Will Be Charged with Desertion Fox and NBC are citing anonymous officials saying the Army will charge Bergdahl when the results of the inquiry are announced...
Released Guantanamo Detainee Killed By US Drone Strike in Afghanistan A former Guantanamo detainee who returned to Afghanistan and allegedly was trying to recruit for ISIS has been killed by a U...
Campbell Wants Option to Slow Down Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan Gen. Campbell said he was looking for "more flexibility on the glide slope" of President Obama's withdrawal plan for...
US Reportedly Increases Secret Raids Against Afghan Insurgents U.S. Special Forces soldiers have undertaken an increasing number of night raids targeting Taliban and al-Qaida militants.
Afghan President Asks US to Freeze Troop Withdrawals this Year Troop levels in Afghanistan would remain at 10,600 through 2015 under a proposal being advanced by Afghan President Ashraf...
Campbell: Afghan Army Improving Despite More Deaths and Desertions The U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress the Afghan army continued to improve and overmatch the Taliban despite rising...
Afghan Military to Receive A-29 Close Air Support Planes in December The first of the A-29 Super Tucanos will begin arriving in December to begin their close-air-support missions after years of...
White House Says No Plans to Delay US Drawdown from Afghanistan The White House has no plans to announce a change to its Afghanistan drawdown numbers, though visiting President Ghani may...
Afghan President Praises US Troops, Begins Push to Delay Drawdown Afghan President Ashraf Ghani paid tribute to the sacrifices of U.S. troops ahead of talks with President Obama.
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...
