AP - As of Saturday, June 14, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 7 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - As of Friday, June 13, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 7 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners can challenge their detention in US civilian courts dealt a blow to President George W. Bush, but a senior official said Friday the military trials will continue.

AFP - The role of US troops in Iraq has shifted in recent months to one of "peacekeeping rather than war fighting" thanks to a series of ceasefire deals with insurgents, analysts said Thursday.

AFP - Days before a congressional ruling on a contested military tanker contract, rival bidders Northrop Grumman and Boeing said the air force made errors in awarding the contract to Northrop.

AFP - The US Supreme Court has ruled prisoners at the Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Two US Marines have been disciplined for their role in an Internet video that showed a puppy being thrown off a cliff by a soldier in Iraq, the military said in a statement Thursday.

AFP - The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detention at the US military base in civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Astronomers will get a chance to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays and look deeper into the universe and its origins after NASA launched the high-tech GLAST telescope into orbit Wednesday.

AFP - The US gamma-ray telescope GLAST was launched into space Wednesday on a Delta 2 missile from the army base at Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA television said.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday of "catastrophic" consequences for any state that provided nuclear weapons used in a terrorist attack on the United States.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he is looking for ways to engineer the first political transition in wartime in 40 years without crippling gaps in key Pentagon posts.

AFP - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, an issue with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.

AFP - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, in a case with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.