Robert Burns
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:56
Gen. Martin Dempsey sounds unconvinced that Iraq has found its path to lasting victory over the Islamic State group. But neither does the top military adviser to President Barack Obama say the threats to Iraq today justify sending American ground troops back into combat. He counsels patience, for now.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 08:12
Iraqi troops abandoned dozens of U.S military vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery pieces when they fled Islamic State fighters in Ramadi on Sunday, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 06:33
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 05:57
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday there are encouraging signs of progress against the Ebola virus in West Africa, and he said the U.S. military can take some credit for containing it.
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 13:33
Moderate Syrian rebels, once they are made battle-ready by a U.S.-led coalition, may be asked to help restore the border between Syria and Iraq that Islamic State group militants have effectively wiped out, the top American military official said Thursday.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 06:37
Just miles from where former Guantanamo Bay terror suspects have resettled, American warplanes take off from Qatar's al-Udeid air base in the global war on extremism.
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 14:27
Even after it surrenders 100 percent of its chemical weapons, Syria will have to take additional steps before achieving full compliance with commitments it made to eliminate its arsenal, the State Department’s top arms control official said Friday.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:00
Just three days earlier, Army Spc. Hernaldo Beltran Jr., 24, was struck and killed by a branch that broke off a towering conacaste tree that stands a few feet from the school
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:17
The Obama administration tried to bolster its case for possible military action against Syria within days, with intelligence agencies preparing to release intercepted communications proving Assad perpetrated a large-scale chemical weapons attack.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 00:00
Drug traffickers are adjusting to law enforcement pressures in Mexico by shifting their operations to smuggling corridors in Central America and the Caribbean, the State Department said.