World Mar 25 Pentagon moving to increase U.S. troop numbers in Iraq soon WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of American forces in Iraq and announced that U.S. forces have killed the Islamic State’s finance minister. “We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter…
World Mar 25 U.S. killed senior Islamic State leader, Carter says WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say a senior Islamic State leader has been killed, marking a further erosion of top leadership in the militant group in Syria and Iraq.
Politics Mar 24 U.S. official says Marines expanding combat role in Iraq WASHINGTON -- The American combat role in Iraq appeared to expand on Thursday as U.S. Marines operating from a small outpost provided targeting assistance and artillery fire to support Iraqi troops inching forward to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants.
Politics Mar 22 U.S. Air Force officer, family injured in Brussels attacks WASHINGTON -- An Air Force officer, his wife and four children were injured in the attack at the Brussels airport, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as more details began to surface about Americans hurt in the bomb blasts that killed at…
Politics Mar 21 U.S. Marines deploy to northern Iraq to provide protection WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has set up a small Marine artillery outpost in northern Iraq to protect a nearby Iraqi military base where U.S. advisers are helping Iraqi combat troops plan and prepare for a counteroffensive in Mosul, a U.S.
Politics Mar 18 Obama to nominate first woman to head U.S. combatant command WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says President Barack Obama will nominate the first woman to head a major U.S. military combatant command.
Politics Mar 07 Pentagon: U.S. drone strike hits training camp in Somalia WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon says a U.S. drone strike on Saturday struck a training camp for al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia who were preparing to launch a large-scale attack, likely against African or U.S. personnel.
Nation Mar 04 Military beginning to recruit women for combat jobs WASHINGTON — The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed…
Politics Mar 02 Pentagon seeks a few good computer hackers to test security WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is looking for a few good computer hackers. Screened high-tech specialists will be brought in to try to breach the Defense Department's public Internet pages in a pilot program aimed at finding and fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Politics Feb 23 Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed, Obama says WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say the Pentagon's long-awaited plan to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the remaining detainees to a facility in the United States calls for up to $475 million in construction costs…