Defense Analysts Call for up to 20K US Ground Troops Back in Iraq A panel of defense analysts called for as many as 20,000 U.S. ground troops to be deployed to Iraq to combat Islamic...
US Trainers Say Recruits Offer Hope for Beleaguered Iraqi Army Despite losing ground in Ramadi to ISIS, US Army trainers say new Iraqi recruits can make a difference.
Ramadi Fall Shows Iraqis Lack Will to Fight: Carter The Iraqis currently lack the will to fight in the struggle against ISIS, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday.
Shiite Militia's Name for Ramadi Counter-Offensive Splits Iraq Force The operational name given by a Shiite militia to the counter-offensive against Ramadi went against U.S. efforts to promote...
ISIS Uses Water as a Weapon in Ramadi ISIS has begun using water as a weapon by restricting the flow of water from a dam on the Euphrates River in Ramadi to...
Dempsey Softens Carter's Line on Iraqis Lacking 'Will to Fight' Gen.. Martin Dempsey has been trying to clarify what Defense Secretary Ashton Carter really meant by charging that the Iraqis...
Obama Says Poor Iraqi Recruiting Limiting US Training in ISIS Fight President Obama said Monday that the U.S. had yet to draw up a "complete strategy" for training the Iraqi Security Forces...
Odierno Answers Hawks in Opposing Sending US Combat Troops to Iraq The U.S. Army's top officer said he’s adamant that American combat troops shouldn’t be sent back to Iraq.
House Hearings Planned for Troubled US Training Program in Iraq The House will hold hearings on the training effort in Iraq as the Obama administration considers boosting the number of U.S...
Obama Orders 450 More US Troops to Iraq The U.S. is sending 450 more troops to Iraq to bring more Sunnis in Anbar province into the fight against ISIS and shape up...
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...
