Gordon Lubold
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:44
"For years, [European Command] has been the natural bill payer," said Mark Jacobson, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Washington, using Pentagon-speak for a command or program forced to accept cuts in favor of other defense programs.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 08:48
The State Department is about to begin delivering tens of millions of dollars worth of new assistance into Syria, including ambulances, communications gear and Toyota pickup trucks for the country's beleaguered rebels.
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 08:35
When it comes to fighting the exploding violence in Iraq, there are two different "clocks" -- one in Baghdad and one in Washington - but this time, it's Washington's clock that is slower.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 09:39
Twenty years to the day after the failed "Black Hawk Down" Ranger mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, the commander of a Navy SEAL team attempting to extract a terrorist kingpin from a coastal village pulled his unit out as the mission started to founder and it became clear the militant leader couldn't be taken alive.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 06:52
Kerry realized his mistake almost immediately and quickly assured the lawmakers that the administration was fine with a ban on ground troops. "Let's shut that door now as tight as we can," he said.