AFP - Iraq's government wants to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing US military officials.
AP - President Bush will announce his decision on future troops levels in Iraq next week and is expected to largely follow the recommendations of military leaders to reduce the number by up to 8,000 by mid-January.
AFP - US President George W. Bush is likely to announce a decision on US troops levels in Iraq next week, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Friday.
AFP - Top US defense officials have recommended US President George W. Bush order only a modest US troop withdrawal from Iraq next year, with some of the forces shifted to Afghanistan, officials told AFP Friday.
AP - Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.
AFP - The US Army is on track to break last year's all-time record for suicides, a pace that would top the civilian suicide rate for the first time since the Vietnam war, army officials said Thursday.
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and top US military leaders are "fundamentally in agreement" over how to proceed in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
AFP - US President George W. Bush is drawing closer to a decision on US troop levels in Iraq after receiving top US commander General David Petraeus's advice, the White House said Thursday.
AP - A jury has found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on Camp Pendleton in 2004. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:17:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AFP - US President George W. Bush is "considering his options" on troop levels in Iraq after receiving top US commander General David Petraeus's advice, the White House said Thursday.
AP - With recommendations from his top military advisers in hand, President Bush is weighing when to resume a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and at what pace, the White House said Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
Reuters - U.S. government-brokered overseas
arms sales are expected to total about $34 billion in the
current fiscal year, up more than 45 percent from the year
before, the Pentagon agency in charge said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:07:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
The Christian Science Monitor - Days before the top US commander in Iraq gives his official assessment on troop levels there, a high-level move is afoot to keep Gen. David Petraeus out of the political spotlight. Many senior Pentagon officials want to shift public and lawmaker attention away from Iraq to Afghanistan. -- read full article
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AFP - The United States has three days to respond to fresh proposals from Iraq on the contentious security deal being negotiated by the two countries, a top Shiite MP said on Wednesday.
