Ray Odierno, John McHugh: Sequester Could Cut At Least 100K Army Soldiers
Ray Odierno and John McHugh (pictured left to right)
The U.S. Army risks losing at least 100,000 soldiers on top of reductions if sequestration occurs over the full 10-year period, ...
Report: Pentagon to Give Congress $7B Reprogram Request
The Defense Department plans to send Congress a request by the end of April to reprogram $7.5 billion within its fiscal year 2013 budget, intending to use those funds to pay for war ...
Martin Dempsey: Sequestration Readiness Effects Could Come in 2014
Gen. Martin Dempsey
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Saturday believe sequestration will affect the military’s drawdown operations in Afghanistan.
Dempsey ...
Report: Military Equipment Removal in Afghanistan to Cost $5B-$6B
According to officials, the ongoing military hardware removal from Afghanistan will cost $5 billion to $6 billion from 2012 to 2014.
First Theater Sustainment Command commanding General ...
NATO, Afghanistan Govt Agree To Partial Drawdown
U.S. Army photo
NATO and Afghanistan’s government reached an agreement Wednesday on a limited and phased drawdown of NATO forces deployed in one district, Reuters reports.
Afghan ...
Joseph Dunford Starts US Afghan Forces Command Post
Joseph Dunford (NATO photo)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford officially took command of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan at a Sunday ceremony in Kabul, American Forces Press Service ...
NATO: Training and Partnership are Post-Afghanistan Top Priorities; Jean-Paul Palomeros Comments
Jean-Paul Palomeros
NATO has announced that training and partnership are its top priorities when the draw-down in Afghanistan is complete, according to an American Forces Press ...
Panetta to Host Hamid Karzai and Ehud Barak at Pentagon; George Little Comments
Karzai and Panetta
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Afghan President Hamid Karzai separately at the Pentagon, according ...
Report: France to Host Afghan Govt, Taliban Talks
France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a radio interview Sunday that Afghan government officials and Taliban group representatives are meeting for the first time this week in ...
NATO Head: Alliance On Track to Meet 2014 Afghan Withdrawal Deadline
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday the alliance is on track to meet its 2014 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, American Forces ...
