The United States as a free people and free society remain thanks to the 'dear cost' of soldiers who have given their lives, President Barack Obama said on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery at a Memorial Day Service.
President Obama' announcement that he was nominating Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff continued a broad remake of his defense team that will include a new Secretary of Defense and a new Central Intelligence Agency chairman.
The NATO airstrikes in Afghanistan will now be limited and no attacks on houses be allowed, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Multiple attacks carried out by anti-government militants killed ten people including five suicide bombers and wounded 45 other with majority of them civilians in Herat city, 640 km west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a local media reported.
Army general Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, was nominated as the top U.S. military officer by President Barack Obama on Monday.
President Obama laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and gave a speech praising the sacrifices of American soldiers this morning.
Counting the fallen on Memorial Day
President Barrack Obama honored the fallen soldiers in today's Memorial Day speech in Arlington National Cemetery. His speech remembered those who gave their life for America and also recognized the families and veterans of those beloved heroes. The country is at debt to the fallen heroes as President Obama's speech is presented below:
President Obama announced today the new head chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be US Army Chief General Martin Dempsey who will replace Admiral Mike Mullen.
Taliban rebels led by suicide bombers attacked an Italian military base near a government building in Herat in Afghanistan's west on Monday, killing four people and wounding dozens.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) apologized on Monday for an air strike that killed about 14 civilians in the south-west of the country.
Monday, May 30. Today is Memorial Day, a time to remember the sacrifices made by our brave soldiers serving our country.
Pakistan has decided to launch an offensive military attack in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban on the border with Afghanistan, a local newspaper reported on Monday.
The Afghan government accused Pakistan on Sunday saying that it had sheltered insurgents behind the suicide bombing that killed Dawood Dawood, one of the most powerful men in northern Afghanistan.
At least 14 civilians were killed in southern Afghanistan when an air strike led by NATO troops attacked on Sunday said NATO and Afghan Officials, reported Reuters. Many of the killed were children.
The attackers of the Saturday's blast in Afghanistan that killed the Chief of Afghan Police, were wearing police uniforms at the time of attack.
One of the most powerful men in North Afghanistan, the Aghan Police chief Dawood Dawood got killed when a suicide bomber attacked on Saturday, reported Reuters.
A service member of NATO was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a local media reported.
Hillary Clinton, the U.S secretary of State on a surprise visit to Pakistan on Friday, said Pakistan needs to take decisive steps against Islamist militancy.
The relation between United States and Pakistan is showing signs of strain with Islamabad telling the Obama administration to reduce its troops in the country even as it took steps shut down three intelligence liaison centers.
The bill dealing with the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya gave rise to a heated debate as lawmakers voiced frustration over the lack of an end in sight after 10 years of war, a Reuters report stated on Wednesday.
US Lawmakers sent a clear warning to President Barack Obama about growing exhaustion over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday as they passed a defense policy bill authorizing $690 billion in military spending for the 2012 fiscal year reported Reuters on Thursday.
