Austin Says Time Not Right for US Combat Troops in Iraq U.S. Central Command's top officer said he is not ready to recommend ground combat troops in the fight against Islamic State...
Obama Orders 1,500 More Troops to Train Iraq's Army to Fight ISIS An additional 1,500 troops will be sent to Iraq, and the White House is asking $5.6 billion to pay for it.
U.S. Troops Back in Iraq’s Anbar Province Where ISIS Holds Sway About 50 U.S. troops were back in Iraq’s embattled Anbar province to conduct a training site survey at an air base about 100...
Vets, Families, Sue Six Banks Claiming They Helped Iran Fund Terror 200 veterans and their families have filed a lawsuit against six international banks, accusing them of helping Iran transfer...
US Delays Delivery of F-16s to Iraq, Re-Routes Them to Arizona Citing the escalating threat of the Islamic State, the U.S. announced it would delay delivery of eight F-16 fighter planes to...
Dempsey Considers US Troops to Mosul in Fight against ISIS U.S. troops could move to the front lines if needed to oust ISIS fighters from Iraq, Gen. Martin Dempsey said.
Top US Military Officer Predicts ISIS War Will Last up to 4 Years Dempsey first mentioned the timeline in regards to the challenge the military faces funding the many conflicts across the...
US Trainers for ISIS Fight Deploying Ahead of Congressional Approval Some of the 1,500 additional troops President Obama wants for Iraq will begin going there ahead of congressional approval of...
US, Coalition Executes more than 1,000 Airstrikes against ISIS The U.S. and its allies have now flown more than 1,000 attack missions against ISIS target sin Iraq and Syria.
U.S. Troop Numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq Still In Flux The U.S. was still adjusting the number of troops that will be committed to the war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq where their...
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...
