U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Cost $100 Million to Date The bulk of the estimated price tag actually comes from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, not strike...
No ‘Mission Creep’ Yet In Iraq Says Odierno The deployment of 450 more troops could serve as the prototype for other bases and not be seen as “mission creep” in Iraq.
Militants Using Humvees from Iraq in Syria The al Qaeda-splinter group, Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant, has bragged about its capture of Iraqi army equipment...
Levin Backs Apaches for Iraq – With Limits Senate Armed Services Committee chair supports sending Apaches to Iraq to help quell increase in violence.
Iraq to Buy Hellfire Missiles, ScanEagle Drones The delivery comes amid rising violence in Iraq. On Christmas day alone, bombings killed more than two dozen people in...
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...
