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• Crisis fuels U.S.-Russia animosities

  By Megan K. Stack  |  August 15, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

• Fighting may spark a new U.S. policy battle over Russia

  By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel  |  August 13, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

• Justice at Gitmo

  August 12, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

 

• Afghan army may get bigger

  August 8, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has endorsed a proposal to increase the size of Afghanistan's army by more than 50,000 members and is poised... more

• Nominee faces tough questions

  By Julian E. Barnes  |  July 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  The Bush administration's nominee to become the next head of the Air Force is facing trouble in the Senate and will undergo an unusual second... more

• A Pentagon battle over 'the next war'

  By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel  |  July 21, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. is not a fighter pilot, wing commander or war planner. But he is waging what many officers consider... more

• Gates again urges funding for diplomacy

  By Peter Spiegel  |  July 16, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates renewed his call Tuesday for more spending on U.S. diplomacy and international aid, saying the U.S. government... more

• 9 U.S. troops die in Afghan attack

  By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King  |  July 14, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Insurgents armed with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a fierce assault on a remote, relatively lightly manned... more

• Aerial tanker deal is voided

  By Peter Spiegel  |  July 10, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  The chronically troubled effort to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force was delayed yet again after Defense Secretary... more

• AFGHANISTAN: 30 days to scrounge more troops?

  Babylon & Beyond  |  July 4, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  For months, commanders in Afghanistan have been saying that more troops are needed to train the Afghan army (pictured) and thwart a resurgent... more

• Gates weighs in on tanker dispute

  June 26, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pledged to oversee a disputed $35-billion tanker contract after congressional investigators Wednesday detailed... more

• Afghanistan attacks rise, U.S. says

  By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes  |  June 25, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Insurgent activity is increasing sharply in Afghanistan and has spread into once stable areas, with attacks up almost 40% in the eastern provinces... more

• 4 Marines killed in Afghanistan

  By David Zucchino and M. Karim Faiez  |  June 15, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  In the worst single attack on U.S. or coalition forces in Afghanistan this year, four Marines with a unit based at Twentynine Palms were killed... more

• Gates working to make Pentagon's postelection transition smooth

  By Julian E. Barnes  |  June 11, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says he is working to prepare the Pentagon for the first wartime presidential transition since Vietnam and... more

• A different type of Air Force leader

  By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel  |  June 10, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took action Monday to dramatically reorient the leadership of the Air Force, calling for the nomination... more

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