Iraq War

Governor Mark Gordon announced that he and the Wyoming Veterans Commission will celebrate ‘Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day’ with a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, March 30 at 10am.

Once the defense secretary approves, the president — as commander in chief — has final say.

Body parts and medical waste burned, too, in the pits operated by war contractor KBR just a few hundred yards from camps of American troops stationed in Iraq.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. So, two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations, launched a Facebook page, met with the mayor and mapped a route...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama saluted returning troops returning from Iraq Wednesday, declaring that the nearly nine-year conflict is ending honorably, "not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home." Marking the conclusion of the war at this military base that's seen more than 200 deaths over nearly nine years of fighting in Iraq, Obama never tried to decl

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq's neighbors that the United States would remain a major player in the region even as it brings its troops home. "Our strong presence in the Middle East endures," Obama said...