Topic: Afghanistan
With an eye on Afghanistan and the next US presidential election, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped to leave in 2011 as he will know by then if the war strategy is working. Gates, 66, the sole Republican holdover in President ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former U.S. Army commander of forces in Afghanistan who was fired for making disparaging comments about his civilian superiors has been hired to teach at Yale, one of America's top universities. Retired General Stanley McChrystal has been ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing public doubts about his ability to turn the tide in the unpopular Afghanistan war, said on Sunday his goals there are both modest and attainable. Obama administration officials are struggling to measure success in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing public doubts about his ability to turn the tide in the unpopular Afghanistan war, said on Sunday his goals there are both modest and attainable. Obama administration officials are struggling to measure success in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States was not in Afghanistan to "nation-build" but for the sole purpose of defeating al Qaeda in the border areas with Pakistan. Under growing pressure over the unpopular and costly ...
US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war. The 308-114 vote in the House of Representatives set the stage for Obama to ...
House to vote to send war spending bill to president without domestic add-onsThe House votes Tuesday to send President Barack Obama legislation that funds the troop surge in Afghanistan but is shorn of financing for domestic programs that Democrats wanted to attach. ...
Bombshell intelligence leaks on the Afghan war will likely deepen public pessimism over US hopes of victory and heighten President Barack Obama's political exposure over the bleak conflict, analysts say. The tens of thousands of leaked files have already added heat to ...
White House: Leaked Afghanistan documents have potential to do harmThe White House says the secret military documents released by the whistle-blower WikiLeaks reveal names, operations, logistics and sources involved in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says those ...
White House: Leaked Afghanistan documents are a concern, pose potential troop threatThe White House says the release of 91,000 secret military documents is a breach of federal law and a potential threat to U.S. military personnel. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says ...
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