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...the attack and murder of Chris Stevens and consulate staff."... an Aug. 15 emergency meeting convened by the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Aug. 16 cable marked "SECRET" said that the State Department's senior security officer, also...
The following editorial appeared in Tuesday's Washington Post:The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has suffered daunting setbacks in recent months, including attacks by Afghan soldiers on U.S. troops, the massacre...
HAVANA - The grandmother of Elian Gonzalez said she is willing to go to Miami to bring the six-year-old boy home to Cuba, while Fidel Castro's point man on U.S. relations expressed impatience at Washington's failure to enforce a repatriation order.
...separated parts of East Timor, including the isolated enclave of Oecussi. While there have been similar previous U.S. missions before to East Timor, the ships were escorted for the first time by a warship because of recent violence on the island...
...States will never let Kuwait down." Powell, who was chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, described the U.S. mission as one of combatting evil. "We want the world to know our quarrel is not with the people of Iraq. It is with the...
...countries. A large number of dead civilians could cause internal unrest in Pakistan and other Muslim countries backing the U.S. mission. Taliban claims of hundreds of civilians killed -- as well as the Pentagon's admission Saturday that a guided bomb...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - U.S. and Philippine officials have agreed to bring American troops closer to the front lines in the campaign against Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Saturday.
...compassion for the families involved. Sue Schmidt Brainerd Facts might cloud critics' agenda We who believe in the U.S. mission in Iraq know that the policy makers who have the most current information are in the best position to make the correct...
...about the wheat seed and fertilizer program, tactics that met with only marginal success in the early years of the U.S. mission in Iraq. It's a slow process. "Clear, hold, build and transition" carries little of the high drama of the classic...
Hamid Karzai is proving, at least, that public acrimony between the U.S. and Afghan presidents will not be a one-way street. During a visit to Kabul last week and a subsequent television interview, President Obama made it clear - and not for the first time - that he was displeased with Mr. Karzai's performance. In the past few days the Afghan leader has more than returned the favor, denouncing alleged Western interference in last year's elections and declaring that he will not be an American puppet - even if that means "I'll join the Taliban."