Iraq

Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?

2013-05-10 00:00:00

In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...

Keep Md. Guard safe — and home

2013-05-13 09:00:00

I wish to express how delighted I am that the Maryland National Guard is seeing its final deployment to Afghanistan ("Md. Guard preparing for Afghanistan, and after," May 10). Now, let's bring all of them home from the all the other hellholes. (Kosovo,...

Brown to launch campaign for governor

2013-05-09 17:55:00

Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...

Md. National Guard preparing final Afghan deployment

2013-05-09 15:43:00

As the Maryland National Guard prepares for what could be its final deployment to Afghanistan, its commander sees a "pivotal point" in the nation's history. More than a decade of deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and other battlegrounds since Sept. 11,...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....

It's time to stop blaming Bush

2013-05-01 11:15:00

I am not a fan of former President George W. Bush, but I must comment on the hatchet job that was The Sun's editorial about the opening of the Bush library in Dallas ("Misoverestimating Bush," April 28). During the last two years of Mr. Bush's...

Tony Blair tells crowd at Loyola about global challenges

2013-04-09 19:18:11

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Baltimore audience Tuesday night that the world's challenges have never been greater, nor come with such speed, and he advocated intervention in struggling countries by powers such as Great Britain and the...

Obama acted responsibly in Iraq

2013-04-08 06:45:00

In his recent letter ("Obama's decision to leave Iraq led to catastrophe," April 5), Quinton D. Thompson writes that he "knew that one day havoc would break out in the wake of President Obama's irresponsible decision to abandon Iraq." Later on, he writes,...

Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?

2013-04-08 08:33:02

Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...

Misoverestimating George W. Bush

2013-04-25 10:16:00

It will be many years yet before historians can make their full assessment of the presidency of George W. Bush, but we have a sneaking suspicion their conclusions will not be nearly as generous as the puffery that has accompanied the opening of his...

The folly of Iraq predates Obama

2013-04-08 12:45:00

In response to Quinton D. Thompson's letter ("Obama's decision to leave Iraq led to catastrophe," April 5), I must remind your readers that the underlying catastrophe was perpetrated by then-President George W. Bush's illegal attack on Iraq. President...

Obama's decision to leave Iraq in 2011 led to catastrophe

2013-04-05 06:45:00

As I read your recent article "Iran reaps gains of war in Iraq" (April 1), my mind swiftly swept back to Oct. 22, 2011, when The Sun published another report under the headline "Obama: Troops out of Iraq by Dec. 31." I still have my copy of that edition...

30-year-old Iraq War veteran Adam Peters was stationed near a mortuary in Baghdad and watched scores of bodies trucked in. Now living with his mother in Boca Raton, he has anxiety, stress, depression and insomnia.

2013-04-25 01:49:00

A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad on April 9, 2003.

2013-04-01 11:32:00

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday in Baghdad, and urged him to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria.

2013-03-28 11:44:00