Army secretary: 'We have a lot to learn'
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The Army's top civilian leader acknowledged Friday that the military has made mistakes in caring for wounded soldiers and said the system is being fixed.
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The principal of a school at the centre of a mountain rescue in NI says lessons must be learned.
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The Defense Secretary pushes his generals to field a larger and more aggressive clandestine force
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Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake conceded Wednesday that the agency must do more to reach out to Guard and Reserve troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan about the mental health help available to them.
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Britain's military is at the limit of its capacity and can barely cope with the demands placed on it, the head of Britain's army told The Guardian in an interview published in the newspaper's Monday edition.
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British Secretary of Defense Geoff Hoon said Wednesday that the training mission in Iraq being carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is very important for both Iraq and the United States.
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The U.S. Army must keep growing and needs easier access to reservists to avoid "breaking" the active-duty force, the top Army general said on Thursday.
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The fledgling Iraqi security forces have already made an enormous contribution toward keeping the country safe, but "much work clearly needs to be done," the deputy defense secretary told lawmakers Thursday.
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Soldiers often complain, but usually not in public, on TV, to the secretary of Defense. By Patrick Baz, AFP. That changed Wednesday, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
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WASHINGTON -- The US military must improve its planning for postwar operations, Robert M. Gates, the nominee for defense secretary, told a Senate panel.
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Maj. Gen. Carter F. Ham has been placed in charge of an effort to better train the soldiers who are training IraqÂs military.
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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders...
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Testimony sheds light on the leadership of American troops and the rules of engagement they are supposed to abide by in Iraq, where the conflict has gone on longer and more treacherously than anticipated.
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âOne cold war was quite enough,â the defense secretary said Sunday at a European security conference in Munich.
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As secretary of Defense, Robert Gates may be able to shape a bipartisan approach on Iraq and the war on terror.
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Multi-national troops in Iraq are &quot;making a difference&quot; towards building a secure and successful country despite the enormous challenges, Britain&#39;s top military officer there said Friday.
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Stabilizing Iraq will require "new and different actions" to improve security and promote political reconciliation, the Navy admiral poised to lead American forces in the Middle East said