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Panetta: US surge troops out of Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - The 33,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama ordered to Afghanistan to tamp down the Taliban attacks nearly two years ago have now left the country, but a new wave of deadly insider attacks and a reassessment of how

Panetta: US surge troops out of Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

US to reinstate New Zealand military ship visits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - After a 25-year ban, America will begin allowing Royal New Zealand Navy ships to visit U.S. military and Coast Guard facilities around the world, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday. He said a policy change will allow

Pakistan to talk counterterrorism with US, Afghans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Pakistan's foreign minister revealed Thursday that her country would soon hold confidential talks with the United States and Afghanistan to improve a three-way counterterrorism relationship beset by misunderstandings,

Obama's record in Muslim world: strides, setbacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By BEN FELLER and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Images of angry mobs in Arab cities burning American flags and attacking U.S. diplomatic posts suggest the Muslim world is no less enraged at the United States than when President George W. Bush had to duck shoes hurled at him in

Partisan Dems, GOP can only agree defense cuts bad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The only thing a bitterly partisan Congress can agree on as it heads for the exits is that looming defense cuts will have a devastating effect on the military. No resolution emerged Thursday to avert $55 billion in cuts to a defense budget of

UK soldier unexpectedly gives birth in Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Hours after a British soldier in Afghanistan told medics she was suffering from stomach pains, the Royal Artillery gunner unexpectedly gave birth to a boy - the first child ever born to a member of Britain's armed forces in combat. Britain

SALUTING THE BRAVE: 3 Of 4 Soldiers Killed Sunday Were From JBLM

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Defense Department says three of four soldiers killed Sunday in an insider attack in Afghanistan were from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Pentagon said Wednesday their position was attacked with small arms fire. A NATO spokesman said

Jobs bill for vets bogs down in Senate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country's federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments. Republicans said

Officer: Insider attacks aimed at Western resolve

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A series of "insider attacks" against U.S. and allied troops by Afghan forces are an attempt by the Taliban to drive a wedge between coalition and Afghan troops, a senior officer said Wednesday. But he said that while Western troops