APNewsBreak: US to pay millions for Agent Orange claims
By HOPE YEN Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange…
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BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…
MILITARY BASES OPEN THEIR DOORS TO HOME-SCHOOLERS
By KIMBERLY HEFLING In this photo taken Oct. 9, 2013, Channing Morgan, from left, Brooklyn Olds, and Grace Whittaker learn sign language during a lesson at a home schooling co-operative…
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.…
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…
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…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…
HAGEL WARNS OF DEEP, NEW SPENDING CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Hagel warned of sharply deeper cuts to…