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Top Officers Hopeful That Obama Will Bring More Realistic View Than Bush (www.washingtonpost.com)
Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned... More
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over... More
Submitted 12 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Gates details role for additional Afghan forces (www.armytimes.com)
With the United States reevaluating strategy in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling allies that additional U.S. forces planned for the war must be shared across the region taking... More
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Bush's Reversal on Iraq Deadline Gives Obama Flexibility (www.washingtonpost.com)
By agreeing to a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, President Bush contradicted years of promises that he would never agree to anything but a "conditions-based" plan for... More
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Iraqi govt. approves security pact with U.S. (www.militarytimes.com)
Iraq’s Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces to remain for three more years in the country they... More
Submitted 16 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Iaqis seek more 'withdrawal' talks; U.S. says they're over (www.mcclatchydc.com)
The United States delivered Thursday what it said was the final text of the controversial accord on the stationing of U.S. forces in Iraq, but Iraq said more talks are needed before the government can... More
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Iraq revises draft troop deal; U.S. likely to reject changes (www.mcclatchydc.com)
The Iraqi cabinet agreed Tuesday to amend a draft agreement governing the status of U.S. forces in Iraq, but introduced new provisions that the U.S. military is unlikely to accept.
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Burn pit at Balad raises health concerns (www.militarytimes.com)
An open-air “burn pit” at the largest U.S. base in Iraq may have exposed tens of thousands of troops, contractors and Iraqis to cancer-causing dioxins, poisons such as arsenic and carbon monoxide,... More
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Chairman Says Time Has Come for Iraq to Act on Status Agreement (www.defenselink.mil)
Iraq is running out of time to approve a status of forces agreement that will let U.S. forces remain in the country past Dec. 31, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. Though the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Brits Say: We Can't Win in Afghan
(www.thenation.com)
For all the talk about Afghanistan being the "right war," and with both Obama and McCain insisting that they want to send thousands of additional US forces there, our British allies have let the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |
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