Defense

Bush rallies troops at Florida base

Defense

Agencies craft policies for dealing with ‘severe’ terror threat

Federal executives across the country are developing policies to help them decide when to close federal offices and how best to protect their employees if the nation’s threat level is raised to red.

Defense

Bush demands quick action on war supplemental

Defense

Opening night

The USS Bunker Hill had an unexpected role in the opening act of the war against Iraq.

Defense

Pentagon seeks to avoid repeat of 1991 Gulf War health problems

The Defense Department wants to avoid a repeat of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which left thousands of troops ill and complaining of ailments most believe resulted directly from their service in Iraq and Kuwait.

Defense

White House, lawmakers discuss supplemental request

Defense

As U.S. forces advance, visible violence of war emerges

As U.S. troops sweep into Iraq and run into determined pockets of opposition, the war is beginning to yield discomforting images of death and destruction.