KABUL, Afghanistan—When Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin, head of the Combined Security Transition Command, arrived in Afghanistan 18 months ago, he spent nearly three weeks meeting with his staff and with Afghan National Army and police forces. He was taking over the job of training Afghan security forces, and at the end of that time, he says, he had reached a conclusion.
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Few of the onceubiquitous "W" bumper stickers could be spotted in the parking lots at St. Anselm College, even though it was a partisan crowd that had gathered here for last night's Republican debate.
If a sobering Iowa City petition makes its way into law, those under 21 will be forced to leave bars at 10 p.m. or get hammered with a $250 fine, the Daily Iowan reports.
AP - Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.
AP - The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient now in quarantine insisted to Congress on Wednesday that doctors told him he wasn't contagious and didn't order him to stay in the United States for treatment even as health officials painted a picture of a man on the run.
Voters got a chance to quiz the 10 GOP presidential candidates on Tuesday night -- and they wanted answers on Iraq, health care and global warming. Addressing a series of hot-button topics, the White House hopefuls directed as much of their firepower at President Bush as they did at each other.
Border officers will no longer have the discretion to ignore directives barring someone from entering the country after a man crossed the border with a rare form of tuberculosis last month, a Department of Homeland Security official said.