By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will decide pretty quickly on a request from military commanders for 3,000 additional U.S. troops to help fight the Taliban and train Afghan forces. VOA's Al Pessin rep...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 07 January 2008 In his first news conference of the year Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged that 2008 has not started off well. The U.N. chief says he is hopeful about the New Year, but expresse...
By Cindy Saine Washington 21 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticized the U.S. Congress for providing only three months worth of funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The short-term funding means President Bush will ha...
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 19 December 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has returned from an emotional visit to Algiers where a car bomb ripped through the U.N. compound December 11, demolishing the offices of the U.N. Refugee Agency and it...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 16 December 2007 Russia's top general has sharply criticized U.S. plans for an anti-ballistic missile shield in Europe and accused the West of using the arms control system as a political tool. He warned that Russia could lau...
By Selah Hennessy Goma 15 December 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He told reporters the conflict situation in Congo needs a political ra...
By Jim Fry Washington 11 December 2007 By the end of December 14, Karen Hughes will leave her State Department post as the chief of the U.S. public diplomacy effort. The Texan, a Bush loyalist and former senior White House aide, became undersecretary...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 09 December 2007 The U.S. Congress is wasting no time launching its own inquiry into a decision by the U.S spy agency to destroy tapes of interrogations of terror suspects. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Central Intelligence...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 04 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to do more for Afghanistan in its fight against extremists. Gates has been visiting the country, which is experiencing an ups...
By Jim Fry Washington 16 November 2007 U.S. Army officials have told a key U.S. Senate committee that the demands of fighting two wars are outstripping the army's ability to remain ready for conflict. At the same time, Democratic congressional leader...