WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday a specific time frame for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, leading to "dangerous consequences." ...more

July 20, 2008

You, Master Rall, either suffer from a hyperinflated ego or are inured by a consumptive cynicism. You blaspheme the service of more than 8,000,000 Americans who served honorably in Vietnam. As I read your warped diatribe, it occurs to me you are among the children we fought for in the steaming undergrowth of Southeast Asia and the frozen wastes of North Korea, not to mention the sands and deprivations of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

July 19, 2008

Violence in Iraq is at its lowest level in four years, but ask Capt. Mike Forbes, and he will tell you his job as a troop commander in Baghdad has gotten harder, not easier. ...more

July 13, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates finished his sweeping transformation of the Army's top leadership Friday, with the nomination of two three-star generals to key command posts. ...more

July 12, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying Thursday that he will consult with military commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine" his proposals. ...more

July 4, 2008

An Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be a high-risk move that could destabilize the Middle East, the Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday. ...more

July 3, 2008

Now that new leadership has been identified for the Air Force, is the service's twisting-in-the-wind experience as a result of the mishandling of nuclear and nuclear-related materials over? ...more

June 22, 2008

A leading AIDS expert, a groundbreaking pediatric neurosurgeon and a lawmaker who was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress are among this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian award. ...more

June 12, 2008

Stationed in the Philippines before World War II, Army Lt. Don Blackburn escaped capture during the fall of Bataan in 1942. ...more

June 6, 2008

Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of servicemen and women who helped formulate the "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gay people in the military, has died. ...more

June 4, 2008