The government is more than quadrupling monthly payments to some veterans suffering brain injuries, as the number of such war wounds mounts from the roadside bombings of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

September 24, 2008

Word is spreading that Pakistan is preparing to stop helping the United States in its war on terror. That's because U.S. troops have attacked targets in the country's remote, lawless regions in an attempt to take out Taliban leaders and Al Qaeda who continue to attack into Afghanistan. Suffice it to say that it is troublesome when an ally threatens to quit being a friend, but it must not stop America from attacking our enemies wherever we find them, and where there is no meaningful support to stop the bad guys by foreign governments who are supposed to be helping us. ...more

September 14, 2008

President Bush plans to keep the number of U.S. troops in Iraq near the current level through the end of the year and will pull home about 8,000 U.S. troops by February, when the next president will be in charge of wartime decision-making. ...more

September 9, 2008

Senate Democrats promised a series of votes next week on offshore oil drilling as Republicans agreed Monday to let the Senate proceed on a defense bill that had been bottled up because of partisan disputes over the country's energy priorities. ...more

September 9, 2008

President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, officials said. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Army is mailing out thousands of letters to survivors of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking what it can do to better help them, even years after the deaths of their loved ones. ...more

August 21, 2008

President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he will seek re-election next year in hopes of finishing a job he said he has not yet completed. ...more

August 20, 2008

The Army's growth plans and the demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are contributing to a shortfall of thousands of majors, critical mid-level officers whose ranks are not expected to be replenished for five years, according to Army data and a recent officers survey. ...more

August 17, 2008

A U.S. Army specialist who fled Fort Bragg for Canada after learning his unit was going to be deployed to Iraq was ordered deported Wednesday. ...more

August 14, 2008

Just when you think you've got the presidential race figured out, something comes along to upend your carefully wrought conclusions. ...more

August 4, 2008