The State Department is complaining about expected cuts from Senate and House appropriations committees for next years budget, going so far as to claim national security would be at risk if proposed cuts are made law. The recent warnings by top officials in the State...
Admiral Mike Mullen's speech to lawmakers last week accusing Pakistan's intelligence service of colluding with the Haqqani insurgent group was inaccurate and overstated, according to anonymous officials speaking with the Washington Post. A senior Pentagon official...
Declassified CIA documents reveal that the United States drastically overestimated the number of Soviet missiles in the beginning of the arms race in the 1950s and 1960s. During the so-called Missile Gap period, American politicians and the public believed that the...
To comply with current law, the US has three months to completely withdraw from Iraq. But on Tuesday Iraq's foreign minister said he believes there will soon be a final agreement on keeping thousands of US "trainers" in Iraq past the December deadline outlined in the...
In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, several right-wing factions in the Israeli Knesset argued that Israel should annex West Bank settlements as punishment for the recent Palestinian bid for United Nations membership. The letter was signed by...
Not much about Libya's future is certain. Whether the fighting will continue, whether Gadhafi will reemerge, whether refugees will be cared for, whether the National Transitional Council will be able to extend its authority over Libya, whether their domestic plans are...
Iran plans to send military ships close to the United States' Atlantic coast, according to the head of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari. "Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to...
The United States will increase the number of American military trainers in Afghanistan by 800 in the next six months, an increase of nearly 25 percent of the current level. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell explained to reporters that the planned reduction in combat troops...
After a request for US assistance in suppressing separatist Kurds, the Turkish government is expecting the delivery of Predator drones in June 2012. “We have agreed in principle [on the delivery of Predators]. Negotiations will continue,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep...
Bahrain jailed 46 Shiite protesters after clashes amid an election boycott on Saturday, sentencing 32 of them to 15 years in jail over violent anti-government protests. The head of a teachers union was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for calling for the overthrow...
