US may evacuate Ivory Coast Embassy due to escalating violence. Afghan officials warn the inauguration of a new Parliament threatens to worsen ethnic tensions and instability in Kabul.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Wall Street Journal all U.S. troops must leave his country by the end of 2011. And, militia ties undercut security steps in Afghanistan.

NATO members will seek to reinvent their alliance during summit. Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised a vote on DADT during lame duck session.

Afghan President Karzai confirms “unofficial” Taliban talks. And, Pakistan reopens NATO border crossing.

Afghan officials deny high-level talks with members of the Taliban. And, the high court hears sides in the funeral protest case.

Taliban in high level talks with Karzai government. And, US war crimes case leaves many asking, where was the leadership?

US officials walked out of Ahmadinejad’s UN speech. The White house reviews new authorities for the DoD and other agencies over cyber-security.

The Bodies from the Afghan Helo crash arrive in the US today. All nine troops killed were American soldiers.

Today in the Senate, there is a landmark vote on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy that is barely a vote and not really landmark at all. They are merely voting on whether or not to debate the Defense Bill that carries in it the law that would repeal DADT permanently and The Dream Act an amendment that is controversial only because it tries to improve the problems in immigration by rewarding completion of college or service in the military for non-citizens.

Nine NATO troops killed in Helo crash in Southern Afghanistan. And, more details emerge regarding Arlington burial plots.