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Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:46
The top American commander in Afghanistan faces skeptical lawmakers amid concerns that worsening security conditions demand a greater number of U.S. forces to ensure the gains made in the war-torn country since 2001 aren't lost.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:46
Citing the retaking of Ramadi by Iraqi forces as a “turning point” in the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, the top U.S. general in charge of operations there said that the Pentagon has reached the “end of the beginning” in the campaign to drive the extremist group out of the country.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:43
Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli, who is paying a two-day official visit to Yerevan, met Armenian leadership on February 1 and reiterated Tbilisi’s position that Georgia wants to contribute to peace and security in the region.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:40
In December, the U.S. Army proposed cutting the combat pay bonus that soldiers earn while deployed to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:36
The Islamic State offers a false choice between dictatorship and extremism. Tunisia proves there’s a better way.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:34
President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget will request $582.7 billion in funding for the Pentagon, including $71.4 billion for research and development funding, $7.5 billion to fight the Islamic State group, $8.1 billion for submarines, and $1.8 billion on munitions.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:31
Officially, there are now 3,650 U.S. troops fighting ISIS in Iraq. The real number of Americans involved in the war is closer to 6,000.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:28
The Pentagon will unveil a proposal this week to boost spending on advanced weaponry and the U.S. footprint in Europe, part of a plan to refocus the defense budget to counter technological and military advances by Russia and China.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:25
Maritime forces from eastern Africa, western Indian Ocean island nations, Europe and the United States, as well as several international organizations began the fifth iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express on January 30. Cutlass Express 2016, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness (MDA) and information sharing practices to increase capabilities of participating nations to counter sea-based illicit activity.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:20
South Sudan's government has purchased three attack helicopters from a company in Ukraine and is seeking to obtain another four through a Kampala-based company "closely connected to the Ugandan security establishment," a United Nations panel of experts says in a report published on Friday.Sudan, meanwhile, has been "the default arms supplier to the opposition" led by Riek Machar, the panel further reports. But those supplies have fallen short of what is needed by opposition fighters, leading Mr Machar to seek arms from numerous sources, "albeit with comparatively limited success," the UN experts add.