A new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan that entails adding 30,000 more troops by summer enables commanders there to take the lead within a year, the military's top officer told the Senate Armed Service Committee.
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Strategy Can Reverse Enemy Gains Quickly, Mullen Says
Clinton Cites Civilian Effort as Vital in Afghanistan
Civilian partnerships, in combination with military efforts, are crucial to success in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
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Combined Force in Afghanistan Detains Suspected Militants
A combined Afghan-international security force detained several suspected militants in Afghanistan's Kandahar province at a compound known to be used by a Taliban financier and facilitator.
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Soldiers Engage Afghan Tribal Leaders
U.S. soldiers and their Afghan partners bedded down for the night in Nangarhar province recently with Afghan national police in preparation for a meeting with Shinwari tribal elders and Afghan security personnel.
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Petraeus: Afghan ‘Surge’ to Target Terrorist Leaders
Additional U.S. forces slated for deployment to Afghanistan will be employed to target and eliminate terrorist leaders and assist the Afghan government, the commander of U.S. Central Command told CNN in an interview.
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Iraqi Police Arrest 8 Terror Suspects
Iraqi police arrested eight terrorism suspects today, and an air strike during one of the operations killed an enemy fighter.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Finds Current Deployment Safer
A soldier who was badly wounded in a 2005 roadside-bomb explosion is serving in Iraq again, and he's finding deployed life easier this time around.
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McChrystal Sends Message to Troops
Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has posted a message to the troops on the way ahead, highlighting the opportunity to take the coalition's work "to the next level."
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NATO Leader Expects Partners to Boost Contributions
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he expects the alliance and its partners will make a "substantial increase" in their contributions to the effort in Afghanistan.
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Soldiers, Civilians Keep Supplies Stocked
Soldiers with the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade who work with civilian contractors to run supply operations in Iraq find there is little difference between their jobs.
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Obama: 30,000 to Afghanistan by summer
Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdrawal in 18 months.The buildup will begin almost immediately — the first Marines will be in place...
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Troops, families mixed over Afghan surge
JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina — Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deployments to Afghanistan announced Tuesday by the president, but many said they support the surge as long as it helps to end the eight-year-old conflict.As President Barack Obama outlined his plan to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan...
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Former nurse gets prison in hepatitis C case
EL PASO, Texas — A former Army nurse who admitted infecting patients at a military hospital with hepatitis C while stealing powerful painkillers from them during surgery was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison.Jon Dale Jones, a 47-year-old retired Army major, admitted in April that he repeatedly stole the intravenous...
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McChrystal: Building Afghan forces is priority
KABUL — The top U.S.
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Report: Crew error led to F-15E crash
Aircrew mistakes led to the fatal crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle in Afghanistan on July 18, according to an Air Force investigation released Tuesday.Killed in the crash were pilot Capt. Mark R. McDowell and weapons systems officer Capt. Thomas J. Gramith, both deployed to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan from the 4th Fighter Wing...
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Obama ordering 30K more to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures Americans that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011
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2 sailors accused in beating discharged
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Two submariners charged with beating a man in Portsmouth last spring have been discharged from the Navy.Twenty-three-year-old Sandy Portobanco of Inglewood, Calif., and 22-year-old Gerald Smith, of Honolulu, plan to argue they acted in self defense.The Portsmouth Herald says they are charged with a combined six felonies in the beating of...
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