Wall Street Journal: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a crowded room overlooking a gleaming television studio, Tolo TV’s election team is strategizing for Afghanistan’s presidential debate when the room suddenly goes dark. The staff doesn’t miss a beat. The 13 men and three
A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that 52 percent of Americans believe the U.S. failed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to UPI, this pessimism is shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. When Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011,
Let’s put two recent news items together and see if we can envision a way to develop and deliver medical miracles. First, let’s start with the inspiring saga of Sgt. Cory Remsburg and his determination to overcome grievous war injuries.
We are all familiar with the US Marine Corps slogan “Looking for a Few Good Men.” Truth is, America’s military has always had plenty of “good men.” What it seems to lack in spades is good leaders. Recently we met
DENVER (AP) — Using evidence obtained under the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program would violate a terror suspect’s constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure, the suspect argued Wednesday in a court document filed with help from the American
With respect to the national security, last night’s presidential address amounted to an assessment of the State of the Fraud. Mr. Obama said the war in Afghanistan will be over at the end of the year. Surrendering the place is
The big finish to President Obama’s State of the Union address involved saluting Army Ranger Sgt. Cory Remsburg: I first met Cory Remsburg, a proud Army Ranger, at Omaha Beach on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Along with some of
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level in more
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the Chairman of the House Republican conference. In her Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address she will articulate a conservative message – with broad appeal for all Americans – about how we believe
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly suggesting that the United States is undermining his government through dozens of insurgent-style attacks. Citing an anonymous Afghan official sympathetic to Karzai’s views, The Washington Post reported that Karzai has provided “a list of
The world premiere of Marcus Gardley’s Black Odyssey doesn’t fit any existing molds, and it should be a disaster because of it. Part spiritual, part comedy, the production manages to hit a dozen or so grace notes all the same
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on an Afghan army bus in Kabul that left four people dead and 22 wounded Sunday. Reuters reported that according to police in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the blast
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters on Saturday that unless the U.S. restarts peace talks with the Taliban, he will not sign the pending security pact between Kabul and Washington. The pact, known as the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), would
An Afghan school considered unsafe and unusable for students five years after foreign contractors began to build it will continue to absorb U.S. taxpayer funds, according to a government audit. Although the facility was deemed unsafe after one Iraqi and
The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on January 23 that Afghan forces overmatched the insurgency during the last fighting season, adding that the Taliban is on the “edge of strategic defeat.” However, speaking live from Afghanistan, U.S. Army
U.S. military leaders have submitted a proposal to the Obama White House that would leave behind a 10,000-strong military force in Afghanistan after 2014 when the combat mission ends. The Wall Street Journal first reported the plan, and Fox News confirmed it.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today identified the U.S. soldier who was killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on Jan. 20. The DOD reported that 42-year old U.S. Army Chief Warrant
When “The Gun Store” in Las Vegas launched machine gun rentals in the late 1980s, they never knew they were going to create a whole new driver for Vegas tourism. But as CNN Money reports, that is exactly what store
The Taliban, wearing coalition uniforms, attacked a military base with suicide bombs and small arms fire, killing one U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan. All nine Taliban militants involved in the assault were killed during the attack on a U.S.-NATO base
The Afghanistan president-led National Security Council (NSC) accused “foreign intelligence services” of being responsible for the attack on a Kabul restaurant frequented by foreigners that left 21 people dead, including three Americans. According to AFP, a Jan. 19 statement from
How does this look for President Obama? Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is the consummate politician and even though he cannot run again for the presidency he looks at his political and personal survival post-presidency. Likely there’s an element of payback
A U.S. Army soldier died in southern Afghanistan last Friday from a non-combat related injury. According to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the incident is under investigation. On the day of the incident, the U.S./NATO-led International Security Assistance Force
A U.S. soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday following a suicide car bomb attack by terrorists. The U.S./NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported today that one of its service members “died following a coordinated suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive
Three Americans were among the 13 foreigners murdered in the Taliban attack on a restaurant in Kabul that killed a total of 21 people. Afghan authorities called it the deadliest single Taliban attack against expatriate civilians in the course of
