WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced plans Thursday to keep nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through most of next year and 5,500 when he leaves office in 2017, casting aside his ...

Questioned by skeptical legislators, the U.S. general running the war in Afghanistan said yesterday that he did not get as many troops as he wanted and must work under a schedule he did not recommend, ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told U.S. embassies overseas that they can support visits by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, but they must adhere to certain restrictions.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Hundreds of supporters donating millions of dollars came to hear President Barack Obama speak in San Francisco on Thursday night, but not everyone came to cheer. A huge crowd of ...

American troops will continue to remain in Afghanistan through the end of Barack Obama's presidency, prolonging a 14-year conflict that Obama pledged to wrap up by 2014. Obama announced on Oct. 15 a ...

Shows Renewed Focus on Afghanistan The Washington Post's Greg Sargent says, "It signals a pivot to a more direct focus on national security issues and international affairs, now that he’s successfully ...

Obama and Karzai Stress Transition in Afghanistan, No Specifics Allowed As President Obama danced around questions about troop levels, he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to press their ...

President Obama’s announcement tonight that he would be withdrawing 33,000 troops from Afghanistan within the next year may come as good news to many who wish to see an end to the conflict, but the ...

President Barack Obama announced July 6, 2016, even more troops will remain in Afghanistan by the end of his term, a heightened departure from his failed promise to end the war in the country by 2014.

Trip to Norway reignites the debate over Obama's qualifications for the award. Dec. 9, 2009— -- There is a bit of irony in that just 10 days after announcing the deployment of 30,000 more ...

Rep Obey digs in over the war; promises to demand a tax if more troops are sent. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2009— -- The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for ...