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  • April 2008

    • Gates to USAF: Straighten Up and Fly Right

      Washington Post  |  Apr 21, 08 4:46 PM CDT

      Gates to USAF: Straighten Up and Fly Right

      (Newser) - Robert Gates chided the Air Force today for being slow to change and for not providing enough help in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Addressing American and international student officers in Alabama, the defense secretary said getting the USAF to adapt, particularly in the use of drone aircraft, has been "like pulling teeth," the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US military  • Robert Gates  • Air Force  • defense secretary

    • Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On

      Reuters  |  Apr 12, 08 12:57 PM CDT

      Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On

      (Newser) - US and Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite insurgents in fierce fighting overnight near Baghdad’s Sadr City, Reuters reports, as authorities lifted a blockade in some areas that had been stifling the region. At least 13 militiamen loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed in the clashes in the Iraqi slum, but no American or Iraqi troops were seriously injured. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Robert Gates  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Sadr City  • Shiite militants  • Najaf  • blockade

    • Bush to Shorten Iraq Tours, Halt Drawdowns

      Washington Post  |  Apr 10, 08 4:00 AM CDT

      Bush to Shorten Iraq Tours, Halt Drawdowns

      (Newser) - President Bush is expected to announce today that the drawdown of US troops in Iraq will be suspended—once forces reach their presurge level in July—because of a resurgence of fighting, reports the Washington Post . The decision, urged by Gen. David Petraeus, means the number of troops in Iraq could remain at their presurge levels until the end of the Bush presidency. More »

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      Iraq war  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • deployment  • troop levels  • troop drawdown

    • On Iraq, Petraeus Has Bush's Ear

      Washington Post  |  Apr 6, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      On Iraq, Petraeus Has Bush's Ear

      (Newser) - George Bush and top Iraq commander David Petraeus have a close relationship unusual for wartime presidencies, the Washington Post reports. The president skips over several middlemen, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to speak directly and regularly with Petraeus, and has fully deferred to the general on controversial Iraq decisions. But some top officials worry that the views of one man are trumping their own. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • US military  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • military strategy

    • Combat Tours to Be Cut

      Associated Press  |  Apr 5, 08 5:20 AM CDT

      Combat Tours to Be Cut

      (Newser) - American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are to have their combat tours cut from 15 months to 12 beginning late this summer. The White House plans a formal announcement next week, an insider told the AP. Tours were lengthened last year to boost troop levels in Iraq, and the Army has warned that the "unsustainable" extended deployments are wearing down its soldiers. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US military  • David Petraeus  • troop withdrawal  • US Army  • Robert Gates  • deployment  • Gen. George Casey

    • Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Fly?

      Politico  |  Apr 1, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Fly?

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi acted to have a gay Congresswoman's domestic partner included on a military flight to Europe, and the question of government acknowledgment of same-sex partners continues to reverberate, the Politico reports. Tammy Baldwin’s partner took the March fact-finding trip, but Pelosi and Robert Gates are at odds over whether the waiver means the Defense Department or the House granted an exception. More »

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      gay marriage  • Nancy Pelosi  • military  • Robert Gates  • same-sex marriage  • Barney Frank  • domestic partnership

  • March 2008