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AP10ThingsToSee - President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle, Wash., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Swenson was being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in a lengthy battle against Taliban insurgents in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009, which claimed the lives of five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Army spied on Will Swenson, Medal of Honor recipient, over Amazon book review

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, walks with U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell upon arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Carter made his international debut Saturday with a visit to Afghanistan to see American troops and commanders, meet with Afghan leaders and assess whether U.S. withdrawal plans are too risky to Afghan security. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

Ash Carter: U.S. considering slowing exit from Afghanistan

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Jason Kander to challenge Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt in 2016

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Tattooist Eddy Del Rio, right, applies a tattoo to Alexa Barosky at Anchor Ink Tattoo in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press)

Army Reserve candidates’ tattoos, obesity, prescription drugs hinder recruitment effort

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Afghan police officers hold a national flag as they celebrate after a graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Over a hundred national police officers graduated after receiving a two-month training program in Jalalabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Obama administration looks to revise Afghanistan strategy again

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army Gen. John F. Campbell will explain to lawmakers why he tried to conceal from taxpayers how money is being spent on bolstering Afghanistan's nascent security forces and then reversed himself. (Associated Press)

John Campbell to explain Afghan troop information concealment

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Mullah Abdul Rauf, former Gitmo detainee, killed by drone in Afghanistan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani says his country's relationship with the U.S. is on a positive trajectory and is stronger than it has been than at any other point since the Osama bin Laden raid in May 2011. (Associated Press)

Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan ambassador, seeks increased U.S. pressure on India

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Army and Pentagon officials said Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, there has been no decision on what, if any, criminal charges will be filed against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who left his post in Afghanistan, was captured by the Taliban and held for five years before being released in a prisoner exchange. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Bowe Bergdahl deserted, say former unit members Cody Full, Evan Buetow

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 17, 2015 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a joint meeting of the Japan-Egypt business committee in Cairo, Egypt. Behind the sympathy Japanese are voicing over their two countrymen purportedly slain by the Islamic State group is a widespread view that they were "troublemakers." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FRANK GAFFNEY: DIA chief warns of expanding jihadist threat in ever-dangerous world

By Sean MacCormac

President Barack Obama's new $4 trillion budget plan is distributed by the Senate Budget Committee as it arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Monday, Feb. 02, 2015. The fiscal blueprint for the budget year that begins Oct. 1, seeks to raise taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations and use the extra income to lift the fortunes of families who have felt squeezed during tough economic times. Republicans, who now hold the power in Congress, are accusing the president of seeking to revert to tax-and-spend policies that will harm the economy while failing to do anything about soaring spending on government benefit programs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How Obama would spend your money in 2016, agency by agency

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President Obama's Secretary of Defense nominee Ashton Carter is signaling to lawmakers that instability in such countries as Libya and Yemen may require additional counterterrorism operations similar to the ones being conducted by the U.S. military on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter will prioritize terrorist safe havens, foreign fighters

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey applaud outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a celebration in honor of Mr. Hagel's service, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Fort Myer, Va. Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and top military brass praised Mr. Hagel at a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall. Mr. Obama said the country is grateful for military progress on Hagel's watch.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon to move money away from overseas military operations

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Buffalo-based Rich Products Corp. has donated 5,000 frozen pizzas to Pizzas 4 Patriots, an organization that has sent tens of thousands of pizzas to U.S. military personnel serving overseas. The pizzas will be cooked before Sunday's Super Bowl kickoff and distributed to troops at various military bases. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

NY firm sends 5,000 Super Bowl pizzas to US troops overseas

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LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: Afghan National Army forces are not ready to rebuff an expected Taliban offensive, on its own, once all American troops leave after 2016, according to reports from U.S. Green Berets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FRED GEDRICH: Afghanistan’s Taliban IS a terrorist organization

By Fred Gedrich

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

Top commander moves to classify data used to track Afghan spending

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces attend a ceremony in Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Top military brass classifies amount of U.S. tax dollars spent on Afghan security

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times