National Briefing | WEST: Texas: Jury Rejects Assertion of Rape Against Military Contractor in Iraq

An employee of the military contractor KBR Inc. who said she was drugged and raped while in Iraq lost her lawsuit against KBR when a federal jury concluded the sex was consensual.

Mayors Call for a Quicker End to Wars So Money Can Be Used for Needs at Home

The resolution passed after being amended to give the mayors and the Obama administration some wiggle room.

With Withdrawal Looming, Trails Grow Cold for Americans Missing in Iraq

The fates of eight American men are a haunting piece of unfinished business that the military will leave behind when it withdraws by the end of the year.

Reopening of Blackwater Case Confuses Iraqi Victims

Four American contractors who worked for Blackwater Worldwide are facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007.

Gates, in Iraq, Talks of Effects of Budget Fight

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Thursday that if the United States government shuts down this weekend and into next week, American troops would experience a temporary halt in their pay.

Books of The Times: Rumsfeld’s Defense of Known Decisions

Donald H. Rumsfeld’s memoir plays a fast and loose game of dodge ball with what are now “known knowns” and “known unknowns” about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Book, Rumsfeld Recalls Bush’s Early Iraq Focus

“Known and Unknown,” former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s memoir of his political career, mixes the policy and the personal.

Link by Link: Close Watch on Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq

The Web site iCasualties.org has had a decline in traffic and donations as public interest in the wars has waned.

White House Memo: For President and Predecessor, a Chill Returns

Relations are, at best, awkward between President Obama and George W. Bush.

In Speech on Iraq, Obama Reaffirms Drawdown

President Obama marked the end of the combat mission, “as promised and on schedule,” in a country still finding its way.

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