Tag: Sara A. Carter

Syrian leader losing ground as bloody clashes escalate

Sara Carter · November 14, 2011 5:00 am

A U.S. Marine stands near a flag-draped transfer case holding the remains of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Blaise A. Oleski, of Holland Patent, New York at Dover Air Force Base, in this April 9, 2009 file photo in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Remains of war dead mishandled at Dover air base

Sara Carter · November 8, 2011 5:00 am

Panetta “disturbed” by Dover allegations

Beltway Confidential

Panetta “disturbed” by Dover allegations

Sara Carter · November 8, 2011 5:00 am

Pictured: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy. The Pentagon halted Afghan anti-narcotic programs last month after a review by the Defense Department's general counsel ordered by Flournoy.

Afghan drug war jeopardized by bureaucratic mistake

Sara Carter · November 7, 2011 5:00 am

Truce renewed in Yemen’s deadly fighting

Beltway Confidential

Truce renewed in Yemen’s deadly fighting

Sara Carter · November 1, 2011 4:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, U.S. Pfc. Nikolai Starr from San Antonio, Texas, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 stands guard as an Afghan man passes by during a patrol in Chowkay district, near the Pakistan border, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Special Forces training Afghan police

Sara Carter · October 23, 2011 4:00 am

Women wave a pre-Gadhafi flag as they gather to celebrate the death of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. (AP Photo)

Gadhafi’s death triggers celebrations, anxiety about Libya’s future

Sara Carter · October 20, 2011 4:00 am

Afghan government opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah makes his speech during an Afghan government opposition rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Afghan opposition leader warns of turmoil when America withdraws

Sara Carter · October 16, 2011 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Petraeus sworn in (again) at CIA

Sara Carter · October 13, 2011 4:00 am

Pentagon error suspends anti-narcotics programs worldwide

Sara Carter · October 13, 2011 4:00 am

In this Sept. 15, 2011 file photo Capt. Michael Kolton, 28, of Fairfax Sta., Va., commanding officer of the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, HI, following a key leader engagement at the Shigal district center in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

Firefights and frustration at remote outpost in Afghanistan

Sara Carter · October 12, 2011 4:00 am

2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., with the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, turns from the rotor wash of a landing Blackhawk helicopter during a mission for a key leader engagement at the Shigal district center Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. troops try to secure eastern Afghanistan before drawdown

Sara Carter · October 10, 2011 4:00 am