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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Thursday that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
A U.S. Army commander is defending Pakistan's effort to fight insurgent groups. Gen. David Petraeus is in charge of American troops throughout the Middle East and South Asia. Petraeus believes his troops will face insurgents who hide out along the Afghan border with Pakistan. Petraeus tells Steve Inskeep that Pakistan is making efforts to fight insurgents.
KINDERHOOK -- Happy birthday, Mr. President! Van Buren, that is. The New York National Guard is honoring President Martin Van Buren today by laying a wreath at his grave site in the Kinderhook Cemetery.
American Legion Post 134 in Morton Grove helped make Thanksgiving at least a little like home for 50 recruits from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center who attended a day of food and recreation at the post headquarters.
A California congressman wants Defense Secretary Robert Gates to review the case of the three Navy SEALS charged with mishandling a detainee in Iraq, calling it "an overreaction by the command."
Associated Press - December 4, 2009 3:15 AM ET KINDERHOOK, N.Y. (AP) - Happy birthday, Mr. President! Van Buren, that is. The New York National Guard is honoring President Martin Van...
Days after President Obama announced his decision to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who commands American troops throughout the Middle East and South Asia, talks with Steve Inskeep about a country where Obama cannot send more forces: Pakistan.
The Sandwich American Legion Auxiliary Unit 188 will sponsor their annual Christmas Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5.
A National Guard spouse is determined to give back to her local Family Readiness Group by creating the nonprofit Friends of the 744th.
Amanda Collier started college last August armed with a certificate of eligibility to use Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits that her dad, a Coast Guardsman of 22 years, had earned and transferred to her.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —When Capt. Brad Roehrig, assistant professor of aerospace studies at Angelo State University, discovered that he would be receiving the Bronze Star award for his six-month tour of duty in Iraq , he thought of his grandfather.Harold Roehrig, who died in 2003 just after Brad was commissioned as an officer, was an Army staff sergeant during World War II. He received the Bronze ...
This Veterans Day, the members of American Legion Swift Murphy Post #32 celebrated the renovations to the building that houses the post.
A former Apple Valley Sons of the American Legion commander charged with stealing thousands from the charitable organization will pay the money back as part of his plea deal.
WASHINGTON – The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will “probably” take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, although he added that “there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out.” The Pentagon, meanwhile, quietly acknowledged slippage on the front end of the 30,000-troop deployment that President Obama ...
U.S. lawmakers told President Barack Obama's top advisers on Thursday not enough was being done to combat corruption in Afghanistan, singling out allegations against the Afghan president's brother, whom Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged was a problem.
NATO's top official said Friday that at least 25 countries will send a total of about 7,000 additional forces to Afghanistan next year "with more to come," as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to bolster allied resolve.
-- A Dec. 3 Page One article on testimony about the war in Afghanistan misstated the timing of two committee hearings. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on...
The Madison-based Wisconsin Air National Guard 's 115th Fighter Wing is being recognized as running one of the safest Air Force bases in the nation.
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined a NATO foreign ministers meeting Friday to sell the new U.S. war plan for Afghanistan to wary allies, and the top NATO official predicted a "new momentum" in the war effort in 2010.
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday it has won a $171 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide parts used in the construction of Aegis-class DDG destroyers.
