David Alexander
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:33
Local Afghan police are poorly supplied and often asked to perform duties outside their mission, undercutting the effectiveness of the units created in 2010 to help bring security to rural people, U.S. investigators reported on Monday.
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 07:21
The U.S. bombing campaign against Islamic State rebels surged in July as Kurdish fighters pushed into territory held by the militant group in Syria and Iraqi forces prepared an offensive to retake strategic northwestern cities, Pentagon figures showed.
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 06:47
The United States said on Wednesday it was considering a $57 million sale of air-to-surface missiles to Egypt, the second big arms deal this week after Congress was notified of a potential $1 billion sale of helicopters and missiles to Pakistan.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:04
The United States supports Arab plans to create a unified military force to counter growing security threats in the Middle East, and the Pentagon will cooperate with it where U.S. and Arab interests coincide, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday.
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 06:34
The United States announced $75 million in non-lethal aid for Ukraine on Wednesday and placed sanctions on a handful of Ukrainian separatists, a Russian bank and others after accusing Russian-backed rebels of breaking a European-brokered ceasefire.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 07:40
Some 10,000 U.S. M-16 rifles and other military supplies worth about $17.9 million arrived in Iraq this week as U.S. troops pushed ahead with training and supplying Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State fighters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 06:49
Facing new security challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Obama administration on Monday proposed a $534 billion Pentagon base budget plus $51 billion in war funds as it urged Congress to end spending cuts it says erode U.S. military power.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 07:47
President Barack Obama told a recent interviewer he did not want the U.S. military to become Iraq's air force.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:13
He said part of the reason was that U.S. relations in the region have been stable and good in recent years, so Washington has tended to focus its attention on the world's trouble spots.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:14
Maliki blamed the resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq on the Arab Spring revolutions that toppled longstanding dictatorships, but, he said, “were not able to fill the void in the right way.”