High Army Suicide Rate & U.S. Foreign Policy
Reuters and other media organs have reported that the suicide rate in the United States Army is twice the national suicide rate and that Army suicides, including those recently released from...
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Public Opinion Turns Against Afghan War
The tide of U.S. public opinion is turning against the war in Afghanistan according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted November 12-15. According to the random sample of 1,001 adults,...
Blackwater (Xe) Criticized for Iraq Bribes
Executives at the private North Carolina-based U.S. security firm Blackwater approved secret payments of about one million dollars to Iraqi officials to "silence their criticism" after its privately contracted guards killed...
Obama to Consider Four Afghan Troop Options
On November 11, President Obama held his eighth Situation Room meeting in the last two months to discuss the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Administration officials announced afterwards that the President rejected...
U.S. Navy Isn’t Just for America Any More
The U.S. Navy has unveiled a new recruitment video commercial boasting that it is now a “global force for good.” Apparently, the U.S. Navy isn't just for America any more. The...
On 8th Anniversary: Obama Weighs Afghanistan Options
Eight years after the war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President Obama is busy consulting with his national security team to assess...
Costly Guam Base Raises Controversy Over Jobs
With a population of approximately 178,000 people residing on an island roughly one-seventh the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, the U.S. territory of Guam rarely captures...
Obama Meets McChrystal Aboard Air Force One
President Obama met with U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One at the Copenhagen, Denmark, airport on October 2. The...
McChrystal Assesses Afghanistan at the IISS
Speaking at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on October 1, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, warned that success in Afghanistan...
Afghanistan: Recycling an Old Strategy
U.S. military commander for Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal told CBS's 60 Minutes that the situation in Afghanistan is worsening. Asked if things are worse or better than he expected, he said...
Security Council Adopts Nuclear Weapons Resolution
The UN Security Council, acting during an unprecedented summit chaired by President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on September 24 calling on states that possess nuclear weapons to scrap...
Obama at UN, Calls for “Change … New Era of Engagement”
President Obama delivered his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, employing impassioned rhetoric reminiscent of his presidential campaign's theme of "change": ...
Obama Pledges to “Renew Our Resolve” Against Al-Qaeda
President Obama made a solemn and mostly non-political speech on the anniversary of the September 11 bombings that will have politicos guessing about his policies in Iraq and Afghanistan for weeks...
Partial Iraq Withdrawal Could Save $1.1 trillion
The Army Times is reporting that a congressional study has once again discovered the obvious: pulling out of Iraq will save money. “A speedier withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and...
Obama Advisers Differ on Afghanistan
President Barack Obama’s top advisers differ on what course of action to take with the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported on September 3. ...