But the decision to send more aircraft is moving the troop total to roughly 43,000. The Pentagon recently said it was sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East. Officials have ...

The U.S. will send a few thousand additional troops to the Middle East to boost security for American forces and help defend ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships ...