PENTAGON CHIEF IN RARE VISIT TO NUKE MISSILE BASE
By ROBERT BURNSU.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talks with retired Army Col. Rebecca Hooper, program manager for the Center for the Intrepid, after Hagel spoke to soldiers, veterans and…
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OBAMA SIGNS BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL, DEFENSE BILL
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama speaks to members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay,…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL SETS OFF SOME GRUMBLING
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a…
HAGEL WARNS PAKISTAN LEADERS OVER BORDER PROTESTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S.…
PENTAGON CHIEF PLANS TO STOP IN PAKISTAN ON MONDAY
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with Afghan Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, left, during a meeting at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters…
US OFFERS TO DESTROY SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By TOBY STERLING and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, gives an update…
Senate committee OKs Homeland Security nominee
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL FILE – This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows Homeland Security Secretary nominee Jeh Johnson testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security…