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The Huffington Post - 8 minutes ago
If the military gets what it wants and the tide turns in Afghanistan, Obama will get the credit; if it doesn't, at least the Democrats can say they gave the armed forces what they said they needed.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 9 minutes ago
General Dynamics C4 Systems will produce 24 additional Combat Operations Centers for the U.S. Marine Corps under a new $54 million contract modification. The COCs will enable command and control operations for Marines deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq, from division or air-wing headquarters to the regimental level.
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WSB-TV 2 Atlanta - 9 minutes ago
Uncle Sam Is Getting Picky.
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San Diego 6 - 9 minutes ago
A woman is saved from her burning home by a off-duty CHP officer. Both are injured. 12/2/09
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The Washington Times - 9 minutes ago
Senators from both parties confused by President Barack Obama's Afghanistan war plan on Wednesday pressed administration officials to clarify the plan to surge troop levels and then begin withdrawing them in 18 months on the second consecutive day of hearings about the new strategy. "I would say I have pretty average intelligence, and it's still pretty unclear to me what we're doing," said Sen ...
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San Diego 6 - 10 minutes ago
The golfer issues an apology after an Escondido woman released a voicemail message she claims in Woods. 12/2/09
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San Diego 6 - 10 minutes ago
Fire & police unions warn public safety will be affected by cuts. 12/2/09
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Newsweek - 10 minutes ago
Michael Chertoff headed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in its early years, from 2005 to 2009. As the third largest cabinet branch, with 218,000 employees, DHS controls immigration, borders, and even protects the president. Chertoff talked recently with NEWSWEEK's Jerry Guo about his tenure and new dangers facing the country. Excerpts:
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INO News - 13 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - Italian government is planning to send 1000 more troops to Afghanistan to join the international coalition forces fighting Taliban insurgency there, Italian media agencies quoted officials as saying on Thursday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 13 minutes ago
Germany's defense minister told parliament on Thursday that he has reassessed a German commander's decision to call an NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed scores of civilians and Taliban fighters and decided it was "militarily inappropriate."
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El Campo Leader-News - 14 minutes ago
While most Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, the family of U.S. Army Sgt. James Michael Nolen, 25, will be making funeral arrangements.
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San Francisco Chronicle - 14 minutes ago
Americans are turning away from the world, showing a tendency toward isolationism in foreign affairs that has risen to the highest level in four decades, a poll out Thursday found. Almost half, 49 percent, told the polling organization that the United States...
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Omaha World-Herald - 14 minutes ago
The 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base has been running since the start of the war in Afghanistan eight years ago, and its members expect no change now that President Barack Obama is ramping up the U.S. military mission there.
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Deseret News - 16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon program that embeds social scientists with U.S. combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq is a...
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CNN - 16 minutes ago
Thirty thousand more troops by the summer. It's a daunting challenge laid out by President Obama, and it's now having the U.S. military scrambling to get it done.