EXCLUSIVE: Marine leads 'Don't ask, don't tell' fight

More Stories

Obama adviser Jones shifted Afghanistan views -- a lot

In civilian post, Jones worries about Taliban

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

National security adviser James L. Jones - the president's point man in a momentous debate on U.S. policy in Afghanistan - has repeatedly shifted his assessments of the war as he transformed himself from a top Marine general to a civilian adviser in recent years.

EXCLUSIVE: Taliban makes IEDs deadlier

Nonmetallic components hard for U.S. troops to detect

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

The Taliban has been building simpler, cheaper anti-personnel bombs made of hard-to-detect nonmetal components, increasing the number of lethal attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan, according to a confidential military report.

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of translators hurts U.S. war on terror

Monday, Aug. 31, 2009

U.S. national security agencies remain woefully short of foreign-language speakers and translators nearly eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks resulted in a war on an enemy that often communicates in relatively obscure dialects, current and former officials say.

EXCLUSIVE: General mulls more fighters in Afghanistan

May swap support forces for combat troops

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Afghanistan's top U.S. military commander is examining whether some support personnel could be replaced by combat forces to increase America's war fighting capacity without requesting a major addition of new troops.

ANALYSIS: Gates' budget cuts sour conservatives

Seen 'chipping away' defenses

Monday, May 11, 2009

Some conservatives who welcomed President Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates as defense secretary are already having second thoughts.

Defense chief proposes weapons cuts

Monday, April 6, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday he plans to cut the F-22 fighter jet and other big-weapon systems as part of a "fundamental shift" in how the Pentagon buys weapons and fights wars, including the one in Afghanistan.

Rehabilitation never tried at Gitmo

Some return to terrorism as hundreds are released

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009

The Pentagon never instituted an anti-extremism rehabilitation program for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, even as it released hundreds of detainees to their home countries and saw scores go back to practicing terrorism.

ANALYSIS: Timing of Israeli invasion limited Obama's options

Monday, Jan. 19, 2009

Israel invaded the Gaza Strip in a bid to destroy archenemy Hamas before President-elect Barack Obama takes office Tuesday, preventing the new president from negotiating with a militant group that would no longer exist, Middle East analysts say.

Obama eyes cuts in expensive weapons systems

Pentagon budget to shift to current war needs

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's transition officials are in early talks about making significant cuts in some high-priced weapon systems, seeking savings to offset budget deficits and help pay for arms sought for conflicts in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.