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KABUL (AFP)--U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington's new strategy to send 30,000 more military personnel to fight the Taliban.
On June 17, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson explained to The New York Times reporter James "Scotty" Reston why he had to stay the course in Vietnam by stabilizing the South Vietnamese government so that it could fight communism.
Pentagon Says First Wave of New Afghan Strategy Will Include 16,000 Troops by Early Next Year
The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there is compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health.
The Environmental Protection Agency declared greenhouse gases, including tailpipe emissions, a threat to public health Monday, setting the stage for sweeping regulation of the nation's cars and trucks.
Fear mongering apparently is in the eye of the beholder.
Notre Dame is looking for a football coach. This is the third-most important job in America, behind president and Ryan Seacrest. Due to my many ties to the Notre Dame community, university officials have asked me to help in the search for the next Gerry Faust. Here is an overview of the top candidates:
It's the holiday season, so optimism is in the air, not least among California Republicans. As they head into next year's election, they sound like they have before one major election after another since 1992. Trouble is, little of that earlier happy talk ever materialized.Candidates including George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush , John McCain , Matt Fong, Bill Simon, Michael Huffington ...
Top aides to President Obama on Sunday signaled that some U.S. troops could start coming home from Afghanistan as soon as July 2011, but most would likely remain there for several years.
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington's new strategy to send 30,000 extra troops to fight the Taliban.
Congressional Democrats plan to give the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan a chance Tuesday to explain how he will use an emergency infusion of 30,000 U.S. forces and whether he will be able to assure lawmakers that these troops will begin to be brought home in 18 months.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai , under pressure from the U.S. to exclude corrupt ministers from his government, delayed announcing a new cabinet as Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived to hold security talks.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul today for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the Obama administration’s strategy for combating the Taliban, the American Embassy said.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul today for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the Obama administration’s new strategy for combating the Taliban, the American Embassy said.
Supreme Court justices tangled Monday over whether an accounting oversight board established by Congress to make sure there were "no more Enrons" violates the president's executive power.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, traveling in Afghanistan, plans to carry the message to Afghans and U.S. troops that the United States "is in this thing to win."
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is prepared to give Pakistan more help fighting al-Qaida forces if its government wants it.
