U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, General David Petraeus, is testifying Thursday on his nomination. The current commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is addressing members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. If confirmed by the full Senate, Petraeus would succeed former CIA director Leon Panetta, the […]
Obama Tells VOA ‘Tide of War Is Receding’
President Barack Obama has told the American people he is withdrawing 33,000 troops from Afghanistan, and he is sending the same message to U.S. soldiers themselves Thursday. The president told VOA in an interview broadcast worldwide, including in Afghanistan, that he and his top advisers feel “the tide of war is receding,” and he pledged […]
Clinton Highlights Progress in Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says considerable progress has been made in Afghanistan through the increased presence of U.S. military, civilian and diplomatic personnel. Clinton testified before a Senate panel Thursday, one day after U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to withdraw 33,000 American troops from Afghanistan in about a year. Those troops were […]
Obama Tells VOA ‘Tide of War Is Receding’
President Barack Obama has told the American people he is withdrawing 33,000 troops from Afghanistan, and he is sending the same message to U.S. soldiers themselves Thursday. The president told VOA in an interview broadcast worldwide, including in Afghanistan, that he and his top advisers feel “the tide of war is receding,” and he pledged […]
Obama Orders 33,000 Troops Out of Afghanistan
U.S. President Barack Obama goes to New York Thursday to promote his plan to withdraw 33,000 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012. Mr. Obama is due to meet with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. It is one of the most frequently deployed divisions to Afghanistan. In […]
Britain, Germany, France All Plan Afghan Troop Withdrawals
Britain, Germany and France all say they plan to follow the U.S. lead and withdraw their troops from the Afghan warfront. The three European allies on Thursday quickly announced the eventual end of their involvement in fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan after U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday night spelled out his plan to withdraw […]
U.S., Mexico Advance to Gold Cup Championship Match
The U.S and Mexican mens’s soccer teams will face each other in the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship match, after winning their respective semifinal matches Thursday at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. The U.S. edged Panama 1-0,with Clint Dempsey scoring in the 76th minute on a pass from teammate Landon Donovan. Freddy Adu set up the winning goal […]
Obama Orders 33,000 Troops Out of Afghanistan
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced the beginning of the end of the country’s 10-year war in Afghanistan, ordering the withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by the end of 2012. In a White House address Wednesday, President Obama told the American people “the tide of war is receding.” He said the first 10,000 American troops […]
Obama’s Afghan Strategy Forges a Middle Ground in U.S. Thought
U.S. President Barack Obama’s new troop withdrawal plan for Afghanistan appears to fall in the middle ground of current American thinking about the decade-long war — too quick a drawdown for some of its military commanders, but possibly too slow for a war-weary electorate. Mr. Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to bring home 33,000 […]
US Authorities Capture Alleged Gangster Linked to 19 Murders
U.S. authorities have captured an alleged gangster linked to 19 murders after he had been on the run for more than 16 years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it arrested James (Whitey) Bulger, along with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, on Wednesday evening at a house in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger was […]