Obama Backs NATO Expansion | After Meeting, Outgoing Secretary General Declares Afghanistan Top “Operational Priority”
GAO: More Expensive to Leave Iraq Than to Stay
GAO: More Expensive to Leave Iraq Than to Stay | Report Points to ‘Significant’ Costs Associated with Ending War
Administration Officials Agree: Afghan War Stalemated
Afghan War ‘Stalemated’ | With the situation getting worse and worse, is a stalemate really realistic?
Poland Presses US to Keep Missile Shield Pledge
Poland Presses US to Keep Missile Shield Pledge | Foreign Minister claims base needed against Russian missiles
Obama: US Must Have Afghan ‘Exit Strategy’
Obama Seeks ‘Comprehensive’ Afghan Strategy | Vague talk of new strategy appears to include major aid boosts, exit strategy.
Obama Urges ‘New Beginning’ With Iran
Obama Video Urges Iran Reconciliation | The president speaks in conciliatory tones, but offers few details of how he intends to proceed.
Karzai: US Surge ‘Seven Years Too Late’
Karzai: US Surge ‘Too Late’ | Afghan President hopes Obama policy review means more emphasis on Afghan govt forces.
Obama Urged to Widen Drone Strikes
In the months since he took power, President Barack Obama has escalated the number and severity of drone attacks in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) dramatically. Officials are reportedly no longer satisfied, however, apparently one can only kill...
Obama Administration Abandons Enemy Combatant Label, Invents New Rationale
A memorandum filed by the Justice Department today reveals that the Obama Administration is abandoning the "enemy combatant" label for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, while maintaining that they can continue to hold them on the basis of executive authority. Obama is...
Obama Vows US Military Will Remain World’s Strongest
President Barack Obama declared today that the United States "will maintain our military dominance. We will have the strongest armed forces in the history of the world. And we will do whatever it takes to sustain our technological advantage and to invest in the...