Tag: Afghanistan

NIMROZ PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 9, 2018) - A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest stands post during an expeditionary advisory package at forward operating base (FOB) Delaram. U.S. Marines spent approximately one week at FOB Delaram to conduct security meetings with key leaders from Nimroz province and to develop rapport and advise their Afghan National Defense & Security Forces counterparts.

National Security

US scaling back plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Diana Stancy Correll · January 8, 2019 8:57 pm

President Trump listens as acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington.

Accountability and transparency matter. Keep the Inspector General reports coming

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2019 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after a meeting with Congressional leaders on border security, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at the White House in Washington.

Washington Secrets

Weekly Trump report card: Shutdown overshadows jobs explosion

Paul Bedard · January 5, 2019 1:19 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Zulaikha and me

Trent Reedy · January 4, 2019 5:01 am

Five eyes, five arms, four legs, three congressmen: Combat veteran welcomes new lawmakers

Steve Beynon · January 4, 2019 2:42 am

Former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association presidential forum, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Jim Webb eyed for defense secretary

Diana Stancy Correll · January 3, 2019 9:09 pm

Army chief of staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Army chief Mark Milley stops in Kabul to discuss conflict in Afghanistan

Diana Stancy Correll · January 3, 2019 8:17 pm

Patrick Shanahan, acting defense secretary, sits during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

National Security

Trump wants to muzzle Pentagon watchdog to keep enemies in the dark

Jamie McIntyre · January 3, 2019 3:39 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

James Comey pans Mitt Romney furor: ‘The Republican tent is too small to fit integrity’

Naomi Lim · January 3, 2019 2:13 am

President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump mind-bogglingly defends the Soviets

Quin Hillyer · January 2, 2019 10:37 pm

An Afghan security force member walks at the site of suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this 2018 file photograph.

Beltway Confidential

In Afghanistan, Uncle Sam’s left hand doesn’t know what his right hand is doing

Erin Dunne · December 31, 2018 10:05 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Food for the soul

Trent Reedy · December 28, 2018 7:01 am