Michael S. Schmidt
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:19
Four days into his tenure as defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday morning and opened up the possibility of slowing the withdrawal of the last American troops in the country to help keep the Taliban at bay.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 06:55
The new secretary of defense, Ashton B. Carter, will continue his crash course on American military operations in the greater Middle East with a closed-door conference on Monday in Kuwait, where he is scheduled to meet with three dozen senior American military and diplomatic officials who are leading the fight against the Islamic State.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 12:33
The director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, said Thursday that tracking Americans who have returned from Syria had become one of the bureau’s highest counterterrorism priorities.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:16
The Libyans’ tacit approval is far more limited than the secret agreements the United States has had in recent years with the governments in Pakistan and Yemen.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 00:00
Republican members of Congress who have been critical of the Justice Department issued statements that tried to tie the shooting to Operation Fast and Furious.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
Now the drugs most likely to land Americans in emergency rooms cannot be interdicted.
Friday, April 6, 2012 - 00:00
A Mexican drug gang leader pleaded guilty in El Paso on Thursday to federal charges that he was the mastermind behind the killings of three people connected to a United States Consulate in Mexico.