Topic: Lloyd Austin

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. military leaders in Iraq say they are prepared for the return of militia leaders who fled to Iran for training and equipment.

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Far from embarrassing him before the American public and on the world stage, Sen. Barack Obama's visits to Iraq and Afghanistan so far have been exceptionally successful because he has displayed the very qualities he was supposed to lack the experience to have: a consistent and disciplined strategic vision.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The number of detonated and unexploded roadside bombs in Iraq the U.S. government has linked to Iran dropped during the last quarter, the U.S. military said.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Improved security in Iraq means more U.S. troops will leave in 2009 regardless of which political party occupies the White House, a U.S. military expert says.

WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq to pre-surge levels hasn't hurt the war effort, the U.S. Army's No. 2 commander in Iraq says.

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- May could be among the least violent months of the Iraq war, with 18 military personnel killed during the month so far, the U.S. Defense Department said.

BAGHDAD, May 20 (UPI) -- Iraqi television said President George Bush telephoned Iraq's prime minister to offer a personal apology for the desecration of a Koran by a U.S. soldier.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A top commander in Iraq left his post Thursday lauded by top officials for instituting what the U.S. Defense Department hails as the successful troop surge.