... that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" — before opening fire, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander. He said officials had not confirmed that Hasan made the comment.Officials are not ...

... Army spokesman says the Fort Hood shootings suspect is alive and was not killed by authorities responding to the attack.Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also says the death toll from the attack remains 12 after another victim died. Authorities said immediately ...

... response would have been seconds away. Soon it will be up to the Iraqis to respond. The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby, said if U.S. troops come under fire "they'll defend themselves" but "their job is to support ...

... The nominee for top commander in Afghanistan was asked about it at his confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal told senators: "This is a critical point. It may be the critical point. This is a struggle for ...

The late Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau once said of character, "It is the total of ... your loved ones what I have shared here. Please go back and reread Lt. Gen. Trudeau's definition of character and then do your best to go the ...

... resurgent, Obama's switch from Gen. David McKiernan to Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal suggests the new commander in chief ... Taking a newly created No. 2 slot under his command will be Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, a veteran of the Afghanistan fight ...

... capability and how much risk they are willing to take to spread that capability out ... because the money is so tight," Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commander of Multi-National Security Transition Command, told The Associated Press on Saturday ...

... is now "right on track" with a revised annual budget of $138 million. The new board chairman is retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Patrick P. Caruana, a longtime board member and a former executive with defense contractor Northrup Grumman.

... fit to fight, if you will, is to make sure it is a holistic approach, not just the physical but mental readiness," Lt. Gen. Kenneth W. Hunzeker, an Iraq veteran and corps commander in Germany, told AP. Some senior officers, notably Gen ...

... before deciding to go ahead with the operation. This operation was unavoidable," he said. The Israeli chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, told a meeting of Cabinet ministers that most of Sunday's fighting was at close range, with Hamas ...