Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do about it: That’s the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight against terrorists.
The U.S. has offered Pakistan $7.5 billion in military aid and broader cooperation with the armed forces.
The top U.S. military officer, arriving in Iraq Friday, said he is confident that the war-torn country will hold elections on March 7 and that the U.S. drawdown will begin on schedule that month.
“That draw down from 115,000 to 50,000 is going to happen, no doubt in my mind,” Mullen said.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of [...]
The top U.S. military officer said recent computer hacking of information from U.S. drones caused no significant military damage.
He is in Iraq Friday for talks on the coming U.S. withdrawal.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that hackers obtained data from drones flying over Iraq.
Despite opposition from Serbia, NATO’s commander for Southeast Europe said the alliance will cut down its force in Kosovo by some 4,500 troops in January for possible use in hotspots like Afghanistan or Iraq.
Fitzgerald said the pullout is because NATO assessed the security situation in the region as improved.
Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of U.S. operations in Pakistan, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
The U.S. diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive interaction between the two countries, said that the visa clampdown [...]
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has rebuffed an appeal from US President Barack Obama for a speedy expansion of military action in tribal areas, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Zardari also “called on the United States to speed up military assistance to Pakistani forces and to intervene more forcefully with India, its traditional adversary,” the Post [...]
Airwaves used by the U.S. military must be protected as Congress and regulators try to meet growing demand for wireless broadband, a key House of Representatives lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Democrats and Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have introduced measures aimed at directing the Commerce Department and the Federal Communications Commission to take [...]
Nobody wants to buy them a beer. Even near military bases, female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t often offered a drink on the house as a welcome home.
For some, it’s a lonely transition as they struggle to find their place.
More than 230,000 American women have fought in those recent wars and at [...]
Lebanon’s president will urge U.S. officials to speed up delivery of weapons for the nation’s army during a trip to Washington in which he will meet with President Barack Obama, a Lebanese official said Saturday.
The United States has long provided military assistance to Lebanon - including $410 million to the military and the police.
The Pentagon’s top military officer says 16,000 troops have received their orders for Afghanistan since President Barack Obama announced his new war strategy.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said tens of thousands of tons of construction materials, winter gear and other equipment also are in the pipeline.
