AP - As of Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at least 535 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 Monday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged the U.S. military on Monday not to believe that technology can solve every problem and suggested quick-fix, low-tech solutions can sometimes be more valuable.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday warned rising officers of the limits of US military power and encouraged them to be skeptical of technological solutions to complex wars.

AFP - Iraq's President Jalal Talabani returned home Monday after heart surgery and warned that a delay in an agreement on the presence of US troops in the country beyond 2008 could undermine sovereignty.

AFP - The United States and Iraq are close to an agreement on the presence of US troops in the country beyond 2008, the foreign ministers from the two countries said Saturday.

AP - As of Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at least 535 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 Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - Fifteen senior air force officers, including six generals, have been disciplined in response to a mistaken shipment of nuclear weapons components to Taiwan, the US Air Force announced Thursday.

AFP - When US Marine Chief Warrant Officer Mike Fay was on patrol with his unit in Iraq, he was armed with an M-16 rifle, a nine-millimeter pistol -- and a sketchbook, watercolors and cameras.

AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has promised to improve Iraqi armed forces to the level that they no longer need support from US-led troops, his office said on Thursday.

AFP - The US Air Force said it will announce disciplinary actions Thursday against senior air force officials stemming from the misshipment of nuclear weapons components to Taiwan.

AFP - When US Marine Chief Warrant Officer Mike Fay was on patrol with his unit in Iraq, he was armed with an M-16 rifle, a nine-millimeter pistol -- and a sketchbook, watercolors and cameras.

AFP - US officials negotiating a controversial security pact with Iraq have returned to Baghdad to resume discussions which have been deadlocked since early September, a US official said on Wednesday.