In the second part of a series on America’s borders, retired Border Patrol Chief J.William Carter outlines how America’s northern border is probably more vulnerable than the border with Mexico.

Some argue that the immigration system is “broken” and needs to be reformed. Former Border Patrol Chief William Carter responds, outlining just how the federal government has failed to enforce the laws it passed in the first place.

U.S. and South Korean military commanders are expressing satisfaction with the results of a four-day military exercise designed as a warning to North Korea.

French and African leaders are pledging to counter al-Qaida-backed violence in East and West Africa with more military force in the aftermath of suicide bombings in Uganda and the killing of a French aid worker in Mali. The United States has also pledged more military help in the continent's widening fight against terrorism. But, some analysts are concerned whether this is the most effective approach.

Insurgents killed two Afghan civilians and wounded 15 more in improvised explosive device attacks throughout Afghanistan yesterday.

An Afghan woman was killed and two others were injured, including a 4-year-old girl, when an IED detonated near Shin Kai village in Zabul province.

When the Soldiers from A Troop, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, arrived in Baghdad and went out on a joint patrol with a team of Iraqi Federal policemen for the first time, they were a little shocked by the vast cultural differences.

'The Suspects have long criminal records'

It is because of people like Pena and Williams, Mathews and Wilbanks, and Tacoma’s Olujimi Blankney that anti-gun politicians in state legislatures and in Congress have built careers going after the gun rights of honest citizens, claiming that their schemes would make it harder for such thugs to get guns. It's nonsense, of course, and all of these people are living proof.

Video by American Forces Network Afghanistan

The United States says it has no intention of initiating military action against Venezuela in response to threats by the country's president that he would cut off oil supplies if the U.S. backed an attack against Venezuela by Colombia.