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Afghan commander prefers robust US force in 2013
Tags: DoD , Marine Corps , John Allen , Adam Smith , Congress , Senate , DoD Update
Marines to reduce by half in Afghanistan this year
arines will lead the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan this year, reducing by about half their numbers in the key province of Helmand as Afghans move fully into the combat lead there, a top U.S. general said Wednesday.
Tags: DoD , Marine Corps , John Toolan , Charles Gurganus
CIA-led force may speed Afghan exit
Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press.
Tags: DoD , CIA , Leon Panetta
House chairman wants new rules on Afghan security
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is intent on barring private security contractors and Afghans from guarding U.S. bases in Afghanistan, a move that could complicate President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American forces after more than a decade of war.
Tags: DoD , Buck McKeon , Barack Obama ,
Marine dies after training in California desert
Officials say a Marine has collapsed and died after a day of training in the California desert in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan.
Tags: DoD , Marine Corps , Camp Lejeune ,
Pentagon official apologizes for Quran burning
A senior Pentagon official apologized Friday to Washington-area Muslims for the burning of Qurans at a military base in Afghanistan.
Tags: Peter Lavoy , Pentagon , DoD , Barack Obama , Imam Mohamed Magid , ADAMS Center
Budget constraints challenge State's continued presence in Middle East
The fiscal 2013 budget leaves uncertainty about U.S. operations in Iraq, as the mission shifts from the Defense Department to the State Department.
Tags: Stephanie Sanok , Center for Strategic and International Studies , DoD , State , Iraq , diplomacy , budget , Federal Drive
Afghan military to spy on own troops
The Afghan military is planning to spy on it's own soldiers to root out those behind a string of attacks on American and other Western troops.
Tags: DoD , DoD Update , Federal Drive
Case of troops disposing of Koran under investigation
U.S. Commanders are investigating a case in which troops might have improperly disposed of copies of the Koran and other religious materials in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Tags: John Allen , DoD , DoD Update , Federal Drive
An inside look at CIA University
John Guyant, chief learning officer at CIA University, joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about the school's mission.
February 17, 2012(Encore presentation February 24, 2012)
Tags: workforce , CIA , CIA University , John Guyant , War on Terror , weapons of mass destruction , money laundering , terrorism , Iraq , Derrick Dortch , Fed Access
