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$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan

The U.S. military estimates that $360 million spent on combat support and reconstruction in Afghanistan ended up in the wrong hands.

 

U.S. Says Strike Kills Taliban Who Downed Copter

U.S. Says Strike Kills Taliban Who Downed Copter

An airstrike on Sunday killed those believed responsible for downing a Chinook helicopter, a commander said.

 

Obama to address economy, Afghanistan on Monday

Obama to address economy, Afghanistan on Monday

President Barack Obama will address the economy and the situation in Afghanistan in a statement he will deliver later on Monday, a White House official said.

 

'True heroes' mourned after attack kills 30 US troops

'True heroes' mourned after attack kills 30 US troops

Insurgents shot down a helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said.

 

Dozens of U.S. troops feared killed as NATO helicopter crashes in Afghan offensive

A NATO helicopter crashed during an operation against the Taliban near the Afghan capital late Friday night, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office said 31 U.S. troops and seven Afghan soldiers were killed.
A second coalition helicopter was forced to make a precautionary landing in another part of Afghanistan, local officials and a spokesman for the multinational forces said Saturday.

 

Former intelligence chief Dennis Blair: U.S. should suspend unilateral drone strikes in Pakistan

For months officials in Pakistan have been demanding an end to CIA drone strikes in the country, and the brokering of a new relationship that would make them equal partners in the pursuit of terrorist groups. Now they have an unlikely ally in their demands: the former director of U.S. intelligence agencies, Dennis C. Blair.

 

New CIA chief Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan

General David Petraeus, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after a gradual process of transferring security to Afghan forces began.

 

U.S. drawdown begins in Afghanistan

The first U.S. troops have left Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's planned drawdown of about a third of the 100,000 U.S. forces there during the next year.

 

Marine asked Mila Kunis out as a bet

Marine asked Mila Kunis out as a bet

It may have started as a bet, but Sgt. Scott Moore's YouTube video will end with a famous date.

 

Obama to Award His Third Medal of Honor to Ranger Leroy Petry

At a White House ceremony later today, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, an Army Ranger, will become only the second living recipient of the Medal of Honor for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

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