Talk Radio News Service staffer Tim Herchenroeder breaks down a government investigation into electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan in a special report from Washington.
“In the days and weeks ahead the Department of Defense will reexamine the whole gambit of our relationship with the Russian military,” said Secretary Robert Gates during a press briefing at the Pentagon. Gates said that not only was the Russian offensive against Georgia designed to punish Georgia for their claim and involvement in the [...]
Gen. Mark Hertling says that cease-fire periods to allow insurgent groups to turn themselves into police have worked in Iraq. He says that insurgents say they are seeing the power of the vote over the power of the gun. (0:43)
” We are seeing many insurgents come forward to reconcile and promise their support to the central govenrment,” said Maj. Gen. Hertling, commander of Multinational division North in Iraq. Hertling referred to a new week long cease fire by the provincial government of Diyala to give insurgents a chance to turn themselves in, as [...]
During a conference call from the Middle East Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says that while the Taliban activities have increased in Afghanistan so has the ability of the U.S. coalition to deal with them. He also speaks about the problems found in southern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan where militants are able to cross [...]
In a conference call with reporters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that the U.S. had a presence in Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001. He said that all the attention was diverted to Iraq and that Afghanistan might be better off had more attention been paid to that conflict. (0:28)
“The situation is good, but we feel that there is a lot more work to do,” said Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on a conference call with reporters to discuss his trip to Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai. Senator Reid was accompanied by other members of the U.S. Senate including Jeff Bingamen(D-N.M.), Bill Nelson [...]
The Government Accounting Office last month sided with the Boeing Company’s complaint that the contract contest for a new refueling tanker airplane was unfair.
Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisitions Policy Shay Assad addressed the revised and reopened bidding process in a briefing at the Pentagon. He reiterated statements made by the Secretary of Defense Robert [...]
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says that the U.S. has global force commitments and that choices about troop levels are made considering all those commitments. He says that the military has the means to draw troops from locations beyond Iraq to increase force levels in Afghanistan, but does not comment on a time line. (1:13)
Salim Hamdan, the defendant at the first military commission since World War II, would still be considered an enemy combatant, subject to detention, regardless of the outcome of his trail. A verdict was expected today out of Guantanamo Bay prison in the case against Hamdan, the former driver and alleged body guard of al-Qaida leader [...]
