Iraq Troop Surge

The Pentagon’s 2013 budget proposal released Monday calls for a 6 percent drop in overall spending, reflecting the end of the war in Iraq, the drawdown in Afghanistan and a delay in purchasing several new weapons systems. The budget sent to ...  

Candidate Barack Obama promised to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. It is still open. Candidate Barack Obama criticized the troop surge in Iraq. President Obama implemented his own troop surge in Afghanistan. Candidate Barack Obama vowed to end what he criticized as Bush Administration offenses against human rights and civil liberties, including extraordinary rendition and targeted assassinations. President Obama has continued both, and even...  

We hope 2012 election considerations didn't play a role in this decision. Obama, who opposed Bush's surge that turned the tide in Iraq, has often said he would decide on withdrawal of troops based on conditions on the ground. The conditions on ...  

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration withdrew the last American troops from Iraq and officially ended the war this past week, Ohio lawmakers are as divided as ever about the almost nine-year-old conflict. The sentiments of the Ohio's ...  

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine sergeant charged in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops in the Iraq war made a series of fatal assumptions and lost control of himself when he and his squad killed 24 Iraqis, including unarmed women and children, a military prosecutor said Monday. Maj. Nicholas Gannon made the accusations to a jury of battle-hardened Marines hearing the case against ...  

The last defendant in the biggest and lengthiest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq War is expected to stand trial this week, more than six years after his squad killed 24 Iraqis, including unarmed women and children.  

WASHINGTON , Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the dedicated service of U.S. troops in Iraq , The Washington Auto Show® will present a special military tribute on Tues, Jan. 31 .The Washington ...  

LOCKPORT—An Iraq War combat veteran who said he is taking medication for sleeplessness and nightmares pleaded guilty Monday to damaging a door in a Niagara Falls bar where he was working.  

Visiting the memorial in the Cork graveyard, John Fenton is still angry over his son’s death in the Iraq war.