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12 17th, 2009| 
AFP – US officials are reviewing a policy that allows condolence letters to be sent only to the families of soldiers killed in war and not to those who take their own life, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
17
AFP – US officials are reviewing a policy that allows condolence letters to be sent only to the families of soldiers killed in war and not to those who take their own life, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
10
Reuters – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders on Thursday as U.S. commanders said plans to reduce troop levels sharply by next summer were on track despite delayed elections and a major al Qaeda attack. President Barack Obama has pledged to end combat operations in Iraq by August 31, 2010, before a full pullout by the end of 2011. The U.S. force in Iraq is supposed to be reduced to 50,000 by end of August from around 115,000 now. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
18
Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday he is “very close” to a decision on boosting troop levels in Afghanistan and would make an announcement “in the next several weeks.” Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
11
Reuters – President Barack Obama convened his war council on Wednesday for talks considered critical to his deliberations on boosting troop levels in the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
1
AFP – The US military has accelerated the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and freed up equipment for the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, the US commander in Iraq told Congress on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
30
AFP – The US military has accelerated the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and freed up equipment for the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, the US commander in Iraq told Congress on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »