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North Korea and the US agree on restarting efforts to recover the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War, after a six-year halt.
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As the sun sets on U.S. military involvement in Iraq, the shadow cast by a neighbor and old enemy - Iran - will grow. The rogue state already exerts influence in Iraq, political and military. Its Qods Force terror outfit for years supplied insurgents with sophisticated...(more)
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The death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is the latest in a string of successes for the Obama administration’s war strategy, which includes air power and a reliance on allies.
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The Pentagon says Marines in Afghanistan and the crew controlling the drone in Nevada were unaware analysts watching the firefight via live video in Indiana had doubts about the targets' identity.A Marine and a Navy medic killed by a U.S. drone airstrike were targeted when Marine...(more)
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The secretary of the Army and its chief of staff cautioned that reducing ground forces below a certain point would require rethinking America’s defense strategy.
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The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan with a "frighteningly simplistic" view of the country, and even 10 years later lacks knowledge that could help bring the conflict to a successful end, a former top commander said Thursday.
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UK troops recall start of the Afghan war
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Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards.
President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, was headed to the city's central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when her motorcade was hit in...(more)
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has begun a series of meetings with foreign leaders who have come to Washington for his nuclear security conference....
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."
In an interview broadcast Sunday during his first trip to Afghanistan, Obama said the U.S. needs to start planning now to send in more troops. He has called for an additional one to...(more)
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AP - Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in this Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught.
