
AFP - US fighter jets have intercepted three small planes in separate incidents this weekend over Camp David, the US presidential retreat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has said.

Reuters - Announcing a change of protocol, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would write condolence letters to families of military personnel who take their own lives in combat zones.

AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief.

AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief.

AFP - US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as a “humble” patriot whose bipartisan civility should serve as an example to Washington’s feuding politicians.

AP - The U.S. military’s top officer told Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw up to 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is riskier than he originally was prepared to endorse.

AFP - President Barack Obama, in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, urged Americans to honor the sacrifices of their war dead by “heeding the example they set.”

AFP - President Barack Obama, in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, urged Americans on Monday to honor the sacrifices of their war dead by “heeding the example they set.”