Nation Mar 02 WATCH: Esper says U.S. to start initial troop pullback from Afghanistan Speaking at a Pentagon news conference Monday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he was not sure whether the drawdown had begun, but said it is required to start within 10 days of the signing on Saturday of a peace deal…
Nation Feb 26 Saudi military students resume U.S. flight training after Pensacola shooting The U.S. Navy said in a statement that flight training for the Saudi students resumed Tuesday.
Nation Feb 14 U.S. Army will not investigate impeachment witness Alexander Vindman Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into the Army officer who until last week worked at the White House National Security Council and was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
World Feb 04 U.S. general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, has slipped into Iraq as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an American troop withdrawal. McKenzie is…
World Jan 10 U.S. reportedly tried to take out another Iranian leader on the same day as Soleimani strike U.S. officials say the U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general.
World Jan 09 ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner, U.S. officials say The crash came just a few hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack against Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops amid a confrontation with Washington.
World Jan 06 Esper says U.S. has made no decision about leaving Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Monday that the U.S. is not pulling troops out of Iraq, after a letter from a senior military officer appeared to suggest a withdrawal was underway.
World Jan 03 WATCH: Trump says Iranian general’s ‘reign of terror’ is over Gen. Qassem Soleimani “made the death of innocent people his sick passion,” Trump said from his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, adding that “a lot of lives would have been saved” if he'd been hunted down years ago.
World Jan 03 AP source: U.S. is sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements The dispatching of extra troops reflects concern about potential Iranian retaliatory action for the killing Thursday of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force.
World Dec 11 WATCH: Pentagon officials say U.S. is considering leaving smaller number of troops in Afghanistan Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not disclose any potential troop totals, but he agreed that leaving a minimal U.S. footprint in Afghanistan to battle terrorists is a potential move.