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The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited as Baghdad was reeling from bombings and U.S. forces are beginning to prepare for withdrawals this spring.

Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than seen during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two ...

The first wave of President Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the past ...

A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 49.

Perhaps only a “handful” of U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.

European and other U.S. allies will contribute more than 5,000 more troops to the international force in Afghanistan, NATO's ...

Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were "terrorist sites" in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the military said Sunday.

Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who went missing last week as they tried to recover airdropped ...

To help gauge the need for more troops, he's asking for a detailed analysis of Afghan provinces to determine which are being managed effectively.