The U.S. Army will report Thursday the highest level of suicides among its soldiers since it began tracking the rate 28 years ago, CNN has learned. Statistics obtained by CNN show that the Army will report 128 confirmed suicides last year and an additional 15 suspected suicides in cases under investigation among active-duty soldiers and […]
US Military Marriages Suffer An Increase In Divorces
For the 2008 US Presidential election, one of the major topics was the wars taking place in both Afghanistan and Iraq. The casualty rate for the United States has already gone over 4,000. With that said, the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq has been taking their toll on the United States military troops already deployed. […]
Britain to wait and see on Obama’s Afghan plans
Britain will not necessarily follow suit if US President-elect Barack Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan as part of an Iraq-style ‘surge’, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Sunday. Obama indicated during his election campaign that he wanted to increase the US presence in Afghanistan while beginning a phased withdrawal from Iraq. Britain already has […]
McCain’s ‘Surge’ Comments Put Him on the Defensive
Katie Couric of CBS spoke with McCain and Ill. Sen. Barack Obama July 23 about their stances on the state of the Iraq war. In the interview, McCain criticized Obama’s statement that the improved situation in Iraq is due in large part to Shiite offensives against militants and the Sunni Awakening, when Sunni Iraqis became […]
Obama’s Afghan Plan Raises Questions
By Jennifer Koons in London (ARR No. 297, 17-Jul-08) If elected president in the autumn, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama aims to redirect America’s foreign policy focus to combating terrorism in South Asia, but questions remain about the feasibility of his strategy, including how easily the United States will be able to disentangle itself […]
Security in the Asia Pacific and the Struggle for World Power
The annual Asia Security Summit – dubbed the Shangri-La Dialogue – opened in Singapore on Friday. The conference brings together defense ministers and top security officials from around the world. It has been reported that among issues to be discussed over the next three days is restoring peace in complex emergencies, a timely and […]