Aamer Madhani

Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill February 6, 2008. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Aamer...

By Aamer Madhani President Bush unveiled $588.3 billion in Pentagon spending for 2009 this morning, a sum that includes only part of the cost of funding the wars in Iraq...

by Aamer Madhani In an attempt to smooth over hurt feelings over his recent critical comments about NATO's performance in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates did some fence mending this...

by Aamer Madhani Defense Secretary Roberts Gates indicated today there could be as few as 10 brigades, or about 100,000 troops, in Iraq by the time the Bush administration closes...

by Aamer Madhani In his first public address last night, the newly-minted chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff offered a sobering assessment of the future of the U.S. military—cautioning...

by Aamer Madhani As Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that he may send troops into Iraq "at any time" to crack down on the Kurdish rebel group PKK,...

by Aamer Madhani A U.S. Patriot missile was accidentally launched last night from an American military base in the Gulf country of Qatar, Pentagon officials confirmed today. Lt. Gen. Carter...

With Congress poised to expand laws overseeing private security contractors in Iraq, the State Department announced a new set of procedures Friday that will allow for closer monitoring of Blackwater...

by Aamer Madhani In a move intended to bolster oversight of private security contractors in Iraq, the House passed a bill this morning that would make all private contractors working...

Iraqis watch a passing U.S. Marine patrol next to a bridge across the Euphrates River in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where an angry mob strung the charred bodies of two...