Dan Lamothe
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:37
Mosul’s sudden loss raises questions about the continued utility of sending U.S. military support to Maliki, whose security forces seem simply to have crumbled.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:04
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said Wednesday that he will introduce new legislation that would clear the path for U.S. troops to directly target the Benghazi attackers.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:00
MK is three times as far from Kabul as Manas, but it will cost the United States less to use it overall than Manas, said Mark Blackington, a spokesman with U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East and southwest Asia.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:35
Instead, he lumped Iraq in with other countries with known terrorist networks inside their borders -- specifically, Somalia, Mali, and Yemen -- and pledged to merely "keep working with partners" to battle them.
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 11:03
There's a catch, however: While the number of Iraq contractors on U.S. payrolls has plummeted, some of those same individuals are still there, working directly for the Iraqi government.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 00:00
Colombian officials say they are winning the fight, and the two countries want to move to a new relationship based more closely on shared economic interests.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:57
Armed pirates have run rampant off Africa's west coast for years, overtaking Somali pirates as the biggest maritime marauders in the world. But they may have a new outfit to reckon with: The U.S. Marine Corps is exploring expanding its presence in the region to fight off piracy and other threats, Foreign Policy has learned.