WASHINGTON – A more stable Iraq could counter negative trends in the region from the Middle East to southern Asia, but political ties and the rising influence of Iran complicate the situation, the new director of national intelligence said in congressional testimony.…
WASHINGTON – After the last of the surge brigades leaves Iraq this summer, future troop withdrawals will be based on conditions on the ground and will be evaluated continuously, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said in a recent television interview. Army…
WASHINGTON – As ground forces in the U.S. troop surge in Iraq make more progress against insurgents, Army aviation assets back them up with crucial mobility, medical and combat support, an officer in charge of a deployed aviation brigade said today. The…
WASHINGTON – A U.S. general serving with Multinational Force Iraq recently took time out of his mid-deployment leave to let the American public know that the situation in Iraq is different from what they might think. Army Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson, deputy…
WASHINGTON – The Army and Marine Corps units that will make up the 21,500-troop surge to Iraq will meet the same standards of training as every unit that deploys and have all the equipment they need to accomplish the mission, leaders from…
WASHINGTON – The Iraq Study Group released its findings today in a report made available this morning to President Bush and Congress, and later to the general public. “We believe that the situation in Iraq today is very, very serious,” former U.S.…
WASHINGTON – Coalition soldiers in Baghdad are committed to helping Iraqi forces take control of their own security and curb violence in the city, the U.S. commander in the region said today. “The security of Baghdad is about Iraqis,” Army Maj. Gen.…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is fully capable to fulfill all its responsibilities, including homeland defense and relief efforts, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a Pentagon news…
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 06.16.2005 For the first time since World War II, a woman soldier was awarded the Silver Star Medal today in Iraq. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky.,…
WASHINGTON – Australia’s prime minister today praised the Iraqi forces who rescued former hostage Douglas Wood in Baghdad, Iraq, this morning, as well as the American forces who supported the operation. Wood, an Australian who lives in California with his American wife,…