Additional 4,000 Troops to Be Ordered to Afghanistan
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: As part of the Obama administration’s Afghan strategy review to be unveiled on Friday, an additional 4,000 troops will be ordered to Afghanistan to help train the Afghan army and police, defense officials tell ABC News. While the troop announcement… Read More »
EmailDaily Photo: Navy Submarine Trains in the Arctic
ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: Here’s a preview of an exciting story you’ll see soon, exclusively on ABC News’ ‘World News With Charles Gibson’. ABC News correspondent David Kerley will report from aboard a US Navy submarine in the Arctic Circle that is participating in… Read More »
Alarm Over North Korea Missile Prep
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: US officials tell ABCNews that North Korea has begun placing a Taepodong 2 missile at a launch facility in preparation for what it says will be the launch of a communications satellite sometime between April 4 and 8th. The launch… Read More »
Anti-Terror Stimulus? US Offers Rewards for Top Terrorists
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program announced Wednesday major rewards for information leading to the location or capture of three top al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists. The US is offering $5 million for anyone who can lead them… Read More »
Daily Photo: Pakistani Women in Refugee Camp
ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: We’d like to try something new here at The Radar. Today we’re introducing a new feature, the Daily Photo. If a picture is worth a thousand words, we hope this will bring you the story in a way words can’t…. Read More »
Condoleezza Rice Appears on “The Tonight Show”
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: In her first television appearance since leaving Foggy Bottom, Condoleezza Rice appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno this evening. The former secretary of state chose to withhold judgment on the job her successor has done, siding with former… Read More »
Diplomat and Aid Group Sound the Alarm on Darfur Camp Situation
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: A top U.S. diplomat who traveled to Darfur last week is warning of a critical shortage of aid in refugee camps there. Alberto Fernandez, the top U.S. diplomat in Khartoum, traveled to El Fasher in North Darfur and to the… Read More »
North Korea Tells U.S.: Detained Americans Will Be ‘Well Treated’
ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: The United States has released few details about its sensitive diplomatic efforts to gain the release of two American journalists detained by North Korea last week after they approached the border from China. But today, the State Department said it… Read More »
Russian Planes Overfly US Carrier
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: A Defense official confirms that twice this week several Russian aircraft overflew the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and another US Navy vessel that were participating in military exercises in international waters off the coast of South Korea. The… Read More »
Gates Emotional Description of Dover Visit
ABC News’ Luis Martinez reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates grew emotional this afternoon as he recounted a visit Monday night to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to attend the return of the remains of four servicemen killed this weekend in Afghanistan. He grew misty… Read More »