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Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 18, 2024.
General says US troops to remain in Iraq
America invaded Iraq in 2003, and at the peak point had more than 170,000 troops battling insurgents in the country and later working to train and advise Iraqi forces.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Why Bagram wouldn’t have made a difference, and more about the Afghanistan exit plan
Officials tried to answer unresolved questions for lawmakers.
Senior leaders didn’t want to leave Afghanistan
Senior military leaders admitted for the first time that President Biden didn't take their advice.
Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley and CENTCOM commander, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, are all set to testify.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
‘It was a mistake.’ CENTCOM admits Aug. 29 drone strike killed civilians, not ISIS
“The strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told a Pentagon news conference.
‘I lost my country’: Afghan allies left behind fear the future
Afghan allies left behind are fearful of the future.
By Howard Altman
US signals no increase in airstrikes as Taliban advance across Afghanistan
It is ultimately up to the Afghans to defend themselves, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US combat troops no longer needed to fight ISIS in Iraq, prime minister says
Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Iraq will still ask for U.S. training and military intelligence gathering.
US launched several airstrikes in support of Afghan forces this week
These are the first known U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan since Gen. Scott Miller, who had been the top U.S. commander in the country, relinquished his command and left the country last week.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press