"As Obama removes our combat brigades from Iraq, he will send at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan, where the Taliban is resurgent. He will also provide our armed forces with the reset ...
On the White House website, a list of President Obama’s accomplishments says he “responsibly ended the U.S. combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Shortly before the President’s final ...
By 2014, the overview says, the Afghanistan army will be expected to assume the lead all across the country, and the bulk of American troops will have come home. The White House has been playing ...
Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, during a deployment as a Green Beret to ...
President Obama laid out his plans for Afghanistan last week, which involves sending 30,000 more troops and promises a drawdown by July of 2011. Paul Gigot discusses the President's plans with ...
Mr. Eikenberry voiced worries that the success of Mr. Obama's Afghanistan policy hinged on Pakistani forces eliminating militant safe havens in the mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden considered resigning from his post under former President Barack Obama over disagreements with the administration's policies during the Afghanistan War, according to ...
During his testimony in court, Prime Minister Netanyahu delved into his rocky relationship with the former US president and revealed that from their first meeting, Obama pressured him to create a ...
Pakistan may also be pressurized to stop its support for militant groups in Afghanistan. This is broadly similar to President Obama’s approach. The administration was supposed to have its Afghan ...
He detailed how Obama had sought to embrace the Muslim ... “John Kerry also offered that I go on a secret visit to Afghanistan to see how the Americans are doing the same thing for local Afghan ...