US Considers 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan White House officials said Tuesday the possibility exists that no American troops will be left behind after 2014.
Obama: Afghans Take Mission Lead in Spring U.S. military forces in Afghanistan will move into a strictly supportive role as early as spring, said President Obama during...
WH Considers 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan The U.S. retains the "zero option" of leaving Afghanistan without a residual force of trainers and advisers at the end of...
Dempsey Fails to Reach Post-2014 Afghan Agreement Gen. Martin Dempsey came away from meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul Monday having made little progress...
Dunford Apologizes To Karzai on Drone Strike Gen. Joseph Dunford has telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apologize for a drone strike that killed at least one...
McCain Pushes Karzai on New US Troop Deal Afghan President Hamid Karzai risked losing the war to the Taliban through repeated delays in signing an agreement to keep U...
Karzai Rejects US Pleas on Prisoner Release Hamid Karzai has ordered 72 of 88 suspected insurgents to be released from jail over the heated objections of the U.S.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
