With the war in Afghanistan increasingly retaking its role as the emphasis of America's ongoing foreign policy struggles, Admiral Mullen reported yesterday to the House Armed Services Committee that he does not believe the United States is winning that war. And with...

Following up on Friday's story, President Bush has accepted the Pentagon's recommendation to hold off on any further troop cuts in Iraq until after the new year. The move, announced in a speech this morning at the National Defense University, was reportedly condemned...

Amid calls by Iraq's opposition MPs to present the draft agreement with the United States as it presently stands to parliament, a leaked version of the Status of Forces Agreement has appeared. From last month, this version appears to set no deadline for the withdrawal...

With Democratic Party presidential nominee Barrack Obama declaring last night "the surge succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," in a high profile interview on Fox News, and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin claiming twice in her speech the night before...

While the Bush Administration publicly hails the "progress" within Iraq which has allowed them to turn over control of Anbar province to the Iraqi government, many officials are reportedly expressing private concerns that success has gone to Prime Minister Nouri...

The United States' early proposal would have kept troops within Iraq to 2015, says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, while the Iraqi government had originally sought a date of 2010. The date is reportedly fixed at 2011, though President Talabani says that the Iraqi...

The international press is atwitter with talk of the now nearly-finalized Iraq-US draft agreement. While it appears unlikely that the United States Senate will have any say in the deal once finalized, it would be hasty to declare such a deal inevitable. As recently as...