Pentagon Limits Gifts To Troops
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The Defense Department has a stern message for  those considering playing Santa Claus this holiday season to  troops abroad: If you don't know them, don't send it.
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HOUSTON - The U.S. Army will begin withholding 15 percent of its payments on Halliburton Co.'s future invoices for logistical support of troops in Iraq and Kuwait, the oil services conglomerate said Tuesday...
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Democrats will limit this week's Iraq debate in the U.S. House of Representatives to a resolution that disapproves of President George W. Bush's plan to increase troop levels, the House Democratic leader said on Sunday.
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The U.S. military will give flu shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to high-risk family dependents, but thousands of others will go unprotected this year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration is being temporarily barred from imposing new limits on imported clothing and textile products flowing into the United States from China.
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There are special rules for gifts of stock.
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By HIRAN RATNAYAKE, LEE WILLIAMS and STEVEN CHURCH / The News Journal. In a decision affecting American military personnel around the world, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ordered the Pentagon to halt the
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American money has helped maintain security in Iraq, but now budgetary constraints are slowing the flow of cash
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News Item: &quot;The US Army has threatened to partially withhold payments to Halliburton due to allegations of overcharges for food, shelter and services.&quot; ...
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A proposal now being drafted would limit the role of United States troops in Iraq to counterterrorism efforts.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s administration Wednesday thwarted the latest bid by Democrats to derail its Iraq strategy, as the Senate blocked a bid to limit the numbers of troops ready for deployment.
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With military costs since Sept. 11, 2001, now expected to exceed &#36;300 billion, the Pentagon is spending more per soldier to fight in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere than it did during earlier conflicts.
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The Pentagon tries to deflect charges that there were not enough troops on the ground at the time of the Iraq invasion.
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The Defense Department is seeking an additional $42.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the total request for 2008 to nearly $190 billion, according to prepared testimony Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is to present to Congress this afternoon.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday suspended anthrax vaccinations for US troops in response to an injunction ordered by a US federal court, the Pentagon said.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 -- Senior U.S. military commanders here say they want to freeze troop reductions starting this summer for at least a month, making it more likely that the next administration will inherit as many troops in Iraq as there were before President Bush announced a "surge" of forces a year...
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WASHINGTON - The US army said it had suspended its decision to partially withhold payments to Halliburton, the biggest US contractor in Iraq.