UPI POY 2008 - News and Features
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (C) shakes hands with a reporter while walking with Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell (R) as they visit Camp Victory in the green zone of Baghdad, Iraq on September 16, 2008. Secretary Gates is in southwest Asia to meet with Iraqi and Afgan leaders and to preside over the changing of the Commanding General of Multi-National Force Iraq ceremony. (UPI Photo/Jerry Morrison)
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department expects tough challenges in Afghanistan as it struggles to address the threats from improvised explosives devices, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama and high-level advisers met at the White House Wednesday on Afghanistan but the White House said no major decisions were made.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said "a whole-of-governments approach" is needed in the fight against terrorism around the world.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates should receive a troop request for Afghanistan by the end of the week, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The United States is once again training Georgian troops for combat participation in counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Because the U.S. Senate adjourned without confirming his successor, Peter Geren will be the Army secretary until he is formally replaced, the Pentagon said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The presence of two Russian submarines seen cruising off America's East Coast should not be cause for alarm, the U.S. Defense Department said.
ERBIL, Iraq, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered help to Kurdish leaders in Iraq Wednesday to try to resolve disputes with Iraq's central government, an aide said.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed with the U.S. defense secretary ways to ensure national security under the terms of a bilateral military pact.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- The stress from ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased a push for proposals that would temporarily expand the U.S. Army.
