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The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Curtis Whiteford, a former colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his participation in a wide-ranging bribery conspiracy in Al-Hillah, Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. U.S. District Court Judge Mary L. Cooper for the District of New Jersey, Trenton ...
Attorney General Martha Coakley has defeated three other candidates to win the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
On Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal is far from inspiring.
State Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican nomination Tuesday in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, while Democratic front-runner Attorney General Martha Coakley held significant lead in early returns.
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Questioned by skeptical lawmakers, the U.S. general running the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he did not get as many troops as he wanted and must work under a schedule he did not recommend, but he insisted the Obama administration's revamped strategy is the best way to win.
State Sen. Scott Brown has won the Republican nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday there are "no silver bullets" for success there but that he expects to know by this time next year whether the troop build up is reversing the Taliban's momentum.
The first major storm of the season pounded the western United States before moving eastward into the Colorado Rockies and beyond, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
The top U.S. envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, has arrived in Pyongyang for meetings aimed at determining whether North Korea will return to the six-party talks on its nuclear program.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that the United States "will never turn our back" on Afghanistan. Gates, who is on an unannounced visit in the war zone, held a joint news conference with Karzai.
As President Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged President Karzai's military to take greater initiative. Terry McCarthy reports from Kabul.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The pledge of 7,000 more NATO troops in Afghanistan is a sign of the military alliance's commitment to the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
Correspondents for The Times who contributed to an account of the decision-making behind President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan are answering readers' questions.
Communications equipment maker Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit fell by more than half as revenue dropped sharply. However, the results were better than analysts expected, and its shares rose in late trading.
Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Tuesday with plans to assure officials and U.S. troops of the U.S.' commitment.
The United States and Russia are both intent on reaching agreement on a successor to the START I treaty but it must be "ratifiable" by the US Senate, the head of the US military said Tuesday.
President Obama would be wise to note that bad advice often precedes momentous wartime decisions.
No one's really sure how the popular and somewhat bizarre Christmas tradition of lighting two-story bonfires along the banks of the Mississippi River began.
