EGYPT NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIT HARD BY US AID CUTS
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – This undated file photo provided by the General Dynamics Land System shows the production of an Abrams tank in Lima, Ohio.…
Military affairs
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
AMERICANS ANXIOUS, IRRITATED AS GOV’T SHUTS DOWN
By DEEPTI HAJELA A sign explaining the closing of the Library of Congress is posted outside the Library of Congress in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Congress plunged the nation…
HUNDREDS HONOR DC NAVY YARD VICTIM AT FUNERAL
By BRETT ZONGKER People walk out of church following the funeral service for Navy Yard shooting victim John R. Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gaithersburg, Md., Tuesday, Sept.…
EARLY STUMBLES IN GOP RACES FOR POST-PERRY TEXAS
By PAUL J. WEBER FILE – In this June 27, 2013 file photo, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott delivers comments at the 43rd Annual National Right To Life Convention in…
OBAMA AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO AFGHAN WAR VETERAN
By TOM RAUM Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carter received the medal…
MANNING SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN WIKILEAKS CASE
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court…
OBAMA TO ADDRESS CONVENTION OF DISABLED VETERANS
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, as they travel to…