Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan

The first of three articles adapted from "Obama's Wars" by Bob Woodward.

IEDs killing fewer troops in Afghanistan

A 30 percent rise in the planting of improvised explosive devices by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan this year has resulted in more wounded American and coalition troops, according to newly compiled Pentagon statistics. But fewer of them are dying from the attacks.

White House doesn't dispute Woodward book's portrayal of Obama

With juicy nuggets from the new Bob Woodward book on President Obama starting to emerge , the official White House reaction so far is: It's just fine.

Bob Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers over exit plan for Afghan war

President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes and documents cited in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.

FBI probes were improper, Justice says

The FBI improperly investigated some left-leaning U.S. advocacy groups after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Justice Department said Monday, citing cases in which agents put activists on terrorist watch lists even though they were planning nonviolent civil disobedience.

Freed U.S. hiker appeals for others' release

Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers jailed for more than a year in Iran, returned to the United States on Sunday, saying she was "one-third free" and appealed to Iran to release her fiancé and another American friend.

Federal employees honored with Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals

With the sticks and stones thrown at federal employees in recent months, verbally and sometimes with lethal force, it's refreshing when ordinary workers are honored for extraordinary accomplishments that really are routine parts of their jobs.

Obama declares that combat In Iraq is over

Saying it is "time to turn the page" on one of the most divisive chapters in American history, President Obama declared the U.S. war in Iraq over Tuesday night, telling the nation that he was fulfilling his campaign pledge to stop a war he had opposed from the start.

Tim Murphy, the ultimate inside guy at FBI's number-two spot

In the federal government, there are inside people and outside people, those who work in the bowels of the bureaucracy and others who seek out the media glare.

State Department intelligence adviser accused of N. Korea leak to Fox News

A State Department contractor was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in the District, becoming the latest target of a series of investigations into unauthorized government leaks to news organizations under the Obama administration.

FBI, ATF squabbles are hurting bombing inquiries, Justice official says

A long-standing battle between the FBI and the ATF over who controls investigations of bombings is a serious problem that has caused law enforcement delays and duplication of effort, according to a top Justice Department official who is trying to resolve the dispute.