Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen was in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday to get a progress report from U.S. commanders and local leaders.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has already received more than 90,000 applications for new benefits offered under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
U.S. forces are withdrawing from the southern Iraqi city of Basra, with fewer than 200 Soldiers remaining to support Iraqi security forces.
Master Sergeant Chester Ovnond and Major Dale Bice are being remembered as the first killed in action during the Vietnam War.
The Commander of U.S. Forces Korea says recent provocations from North Korea have only served to strengthen ties between the U.S.
and South Korea.
A U.S. commander in Iraq says some extremist elements still exist, but Basra now has a sense of optimism thanks to the capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces.
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