http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/George_CaseyFind stories, videos, and photos about George Casey from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:23 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/George_Casey14433Find stories, videos, and photos about George Casey from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/10/fort.hood.memorial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/10/fort.hood.memorial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe sound of taps echoed across the Texas plains Tuesday after President Obama pledged that the work of those killed in last week's Fort Hood massacre will go on despite their "incomprehensible" slayings.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/02/wounded.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/02/wounded.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile the military has instituted dozens of programs to help troubled soldiers with post-traumatic stress, brain injuries and other problems, some troops have privately told the nation's top military officer they feel they are treated poorly because they are wounded, ill or injured.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/14/btsc.female.general/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/14/btsc.female.general/index.html#cnnSTCTextWatching Army Chief of Staff George Casey swear in his newest fellow four star -- the first woman to achieve the Army's highest rank -- it was hard not to feel something truly historic was happening before your eyes.Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/obama.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/obama.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmy chief of staff Gen. George Casey, testifying on troop strain before the Senate Armed Forces Committee Tuesday, said there is "no reason to doubt" Sen. Barack Obama's military shortage story during CNN's debate in Austin, Texas, last week.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/senate.army.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/senate.army.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Army's chief of staff told a Senate panel Tuesday that combat in Afghanistan and Iraq has left "our Army out of balance, consumed by the current fight," and could affect troop levels in the near future.Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/casey.confirmation/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/casey.confirmation/index.htmlGen. George Casey, nominated for the post of Army chief of staff, faced severe questions Thursday from senators about the strategies he implemented when he was the commander of U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded market Thursday evening in Hilla, Iraq, killing 61 people and wounding 150, police said.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlThe purpose of this old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop the war is not to make George W. Bush look like the dumbest president ever. People have done dumber things. What were they thinking when they bought into the Bay of Pigs fiasco? How dumb was the Egypt-Suez war? How massively stupid was the entire war in Vietnam? Even at that, the challenge with this misbegotten adventure is that WE simply cannot let it continue.Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/29/coverstory.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/29/coverstory.tm/index.htmlTime.com "Stay the course" is a time-honored rallying cry in politics. But it has always been more a slogan than a strategy, meant to show the steadfastness of the person who shouts it rather than convey any idea of what he actually intends to do. More telling is when staying the course turns into "constantly changing tactics to meet the situation on the ground."Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main.intl/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main.intl/index.htmlThe top U.S. commander in Iraq has said it will take another 12 to 18 months before Iraqi security forces are ready to take over in the country.Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.htmlMasked men grabbed a U.S. soldier, handcuffed him and forced him into a vehicle, the U.S. military said Tuesday, offering a relative's account of the kidnapping in Baghdad.Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/roberts.btsc/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/roberts.btsc/index.htmlFifteen tired soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment were on a routine mission Monday afternoon when the call came in that a U.S. soldier was missing and had possibly been kidnapped.Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlGen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command, arrived Friday in Washington for meetings with President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.htmlTwenty people were found dead Wednesday northeast of Baghdad after gunmen kidnapped 24 civilians, an Iraqi official said.Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/09/haditha/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/09/haditha/index.htmlThe U.S. general leading an investigation into civilian deaths in Haditha, Iraq, has concluded that senior leaders of the Marines failed to sufficiently investigate when faced with conflicting information, a defense official told CNN on Sunday.Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/08/report.haditha/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/08/report.haditha/index.htmlA leading U.S. military commander has determined that "some senior Marine officers were negligent in failing to investigate more aggressively" the Haditha killing allegations in Iraq, The New York Times reported Saturday.Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/ivins.fairness/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/ivins.fairness/index.htmlAnd then along comes Cut'n'Run Casey. We spend all last week listening to cut'n'run Democrats talking about their cut'n'run strategy for Iraq, and the only issue is whether they want to cut'n'run by the end of this year or to cut'n'run by the end of next year, and oh, by the way, did I mention that Republicans had been choreographed to refer to the Democrats' plans as cut'n'run?Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/26/otsc.shepperd/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/26/otsc.shepperd/index.htmlGen. George Casey, the U.S. commander in charge of coalition forces in Iraq, projects large reductions in the 127,000-member American force in Iraq, starting in September and continuing through 2007, according to a New York Times report.Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.troops/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.troops/index.htmlThe U.S. commander in charge of coalition forces in Iraq projects large reductions in the 127,000-member American force in Iraq, starting in September and continuing through 2007, according to an online report posted late Saturday.Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.htmlDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday that the commanding general in Iraq will recommend when to cut U.S. troop levels, in consultation with the nation's new government and other officials.Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.threat/index.htmlIn a statement posted on an Islamist Web site on Sunday, al Qaeda in Iraq threatened "large-scale operations that will shake the enemy and rob them of sleep."Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi.1929/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi.1929/index.htmlBetrayal inside his al Qaeda in Iraq terror group led to success in a painstaking U.S.-led operation to kill Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the U.S. military said on Thursday.Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.zarqawius/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.zarqawius/index.htmlScars and fingerprints were used by U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq to identify the body of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said.Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/26/iraq.main/index.htmlGen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, has tentative plans to reduce U.S. troops levels in Iraq by about 30,000 by the end of the year, senior military officials said Wednesday.Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite mourners carrying dozens of coffins filled Baghdad's streets Saturday, as families buried victims of the massive suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque a day earlier.Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/20/iraq.main/index.htmlAs the war in Iraq entered its fourth year Monday, nine bodies were found shot in the head in Baghdad, said an official with the city's emergency police.Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.anniversary/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.anniversary/index.htmlOn the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, officials from the war-torn nation and the United States differed on whether there is all-out civil war there.Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos attacked a Sunni mosque in a western Baghdad neighborhood late Saturday, killing three mosque guards and wounding six others in an hour-long gunfight, police said.Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlA mortar round killed seven people and wounded 15 others at a busy market in a southeastern Baghdad suburb early Saturday, said an emergency police official, one day after a daytime curfew brought relative peace.Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.htmlThe usually bustling Baghdad was eerily quiet most of Friday with shops closed and streets deserted as authorities enforced a daytime vehicular curfew.Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/22/iraq.troops/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/22/iraq.troops/index.htmlPentagon officials have been saying for some time that Iraqis must take more responsibility for securing their country. But can these local forces protect its critical infrastructure without U.S. help? Top American officials disagree, and that has caused friction between the State and Defense departments and may complicate the planned reduction of U.S. troops.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.main/index.htmlTwelve people -- including Iraqi police and soldiers, ministry employees, civilians and a U.S. soldier -- were killed in several insurgent attacks in Iraq on Saturday, police and military officials said.Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/23/liberman.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/23/liberman.iraq/index.htmlSpeaking from Baghdad on his fourth trip to Iraq since July, Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Wednesday said failure in Iraq would be "catastrophic" for the United States and the entire Middle East, and that U.S. forces should not pull out before Iraqi forces are fully trained.Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/iraq.plan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/18/iraq.plan/index.htmlThe top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon for withdrawing troops in Iraq, according to a senior defense official.Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/17/iraq.detainees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/17/iraq.detainees/index.htmlIraq's interior minister has defended a government facility that was found to be holding dozens of prisoners, including some showing signs of torture, saying it held "the most criminal terrorists."Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/30/iraq.main/index.htmlA bomb in a parked car exploded Friday at a vegetable market in central Hilla, killing eight people and wounding 49, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA string of car bombs exploded Thursday in the Iraqi city of Balad, killing at least 62 people and wounding more than 70 others, a police official in Tikrit told CNN.Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/27/iraq.main/index.htmlThe top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Wednesday that the U.S. military could begin a substantial troop pullout as early as next spring.Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/08/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide garbage truck bomb exploded early Wednesday in central Baghdad near the al-Sadeer Hotel, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others, an Iraqi police official told CNN.Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA trickle of Iraqis have begun voting in milestone elections designed to steer the country down the road of democracy.Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/prez.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/prez.iraq/index.htmlThe war in Iraq again became a focus of the presidential race Monday with the leak of a document from a former top U.S. commander who questioned the Army's preparedness.Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/sanchez.replacement/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/sanchez.replacement/index.htmlPlans to replace the top U.S. commander in Iraq are part of the "normal rotation," and are neither a vote of "no confidence" nor related to the investigation of abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison, Pentagon officials told CNN Monday.Tue, 25 May 2004 00:52:00 EDT