Author: Pauline Jelinek
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Panetta: US sends troops to Jordan
BRUSSELS — The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to help build a headquarters in Jordan and bolster that country’s military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers in Brussels, Panetta said…
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US watchdog questions spending for Afghan army
WASHINGTON — The watchdog for U.S. spending in Afghanistan says lax accountability in a $1.1 billion program supplying fuel to the Afghan National Army needs “immediate attention” before control of the program is turned over to the Kabul government in less than four months. There’s no proof the fuel is actually being used by Afghan…
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Didn’t send your kid to war? Maybe you can send $$
WASHINGTON — If you have military-age children who have not served in this decade’s wars, then you owe a debt — meaning money — to those who did. That’s the premise of a new fundraising effort by three wealthy American families who want to help U.S. veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every…
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Didn’t send your kid to war? Maybe you can send $$
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — If you have military-age children who have not served in this decade’s wars, then you owe a debt — meaning money — to those who did. That’s the premise of a new fundraising…
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Military class suspended for its view on Islam
WASHINGTON — A course for U.S. military officers has been teaching that America’s enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina without regard for civilian deaths, following World War II precedents of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima…
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Remains of some 9-11 victims went to landfill
WASHINGTON — Partial remains of several 9/11 victims were incinerated by a military contractor and sent to a landfill, a government report said Tuesday in the latest of a series of revelations about the Pentagon’s main mortuary for the war dead. The surprise disclosure was mentioned only briefly, with little detail, in a report by…
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Obama honors US forces killed in Afghan attack
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Assuming the grimmest role of his office, President Barack Obama on Tuesday privately honored fallen forces returning home from war, this time the troops killed in a helicopter attack that claimed more American lives than any other strike of the Afghanistan war. Obama was flown to Dover Air…
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Commander OKs spy missions in Mideast
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East signed a secret order last fall that set the stage for increased clandestine and covert operations against militants and other threats across the region, defense officials said Tuesday. Gen. David Petraeus signed an order in September authorizing Special Operations forces to deploy to…
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Air Force planes to help with oil spill
WASHINGTON — Two Air Force planes will spray chemicals to help break up the Gulf Coast oil spill, U.S. officials said Friday as they considered what more the military could do to assist. The two C-130 Hercules cargo planes were staging for their flights at Lake Charles, Louisian, after getting their orders Friday, Pentagon press…
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Army doc and birther faces inquiry; graduated from CC
WASHINGTON — An Army doctor is under investigation after questioning on YouTube whether President Barack Obama is U.S.-born — then disobeying orders to report for duty in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin failed to report to Fort Campbell, Ky., on Monday, showing up instead at his old job in a clinic in the Pentagon, Lt.…