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A solider stands guard near a military aircraft in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel traveled to Kandahar Air Base to speak with U.S. troops and thank them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Administration can’t answer basic queries costs of war in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An Army carry team, carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo D. Young of Rosston, Ark., arriving at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. The Department of Defense said Young was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Obama’s Afghanistan experts stumped on U.S. death toll, war costs during hearing

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Wicker: Azerbaijan’s partnership with U.S. fosters democracy, security in difficult region

By Sen. Roger Wicker

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shake hands during a meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, in Islamabad. Mr. Hagel made a brief stop in Pakistan to meet with military officials and the prime minister. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warns Pakistani leaders of U.S. aid losses over drone-strike protests

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, stands in front of MRAP vehicles after speaking with U.S. troops at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S. troops and thanked them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Hagel to meet with Pakistan’s prime minister

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Civilian Warriors’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama finishes speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 16, 2013, about the Boston Marathon explosions. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers see ‘false narrative’ of Obama as a terrorist fighter

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel steps off a plane to visit U.S. troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Mr. Hagel spoke with troops and thanked them for being deployed during the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Kabul, gets no invitation from Afghan President Hamid Karzai

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Georgette Gagnon, human rights director for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, holds a report concerning Afghanistan's Elimination of Violence Against Women law during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The international body complained that Afghan authorities have been slow to enforce the law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.N.: Afghanistan slow to enforce law protecting women

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel addresses the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. The conference is expected to discuss regional security issues including the recently reached deal on Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Hagel given assurances that Afghan security deal will be signed

By Lolita C. Baldo - Associated Press

**FULL FRAME VERSION OF AFDG102, WEDNESDAY AUG. 19, 2009 PHOTO** In this full frame version of AFDG102, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden, La., centers, covers Pfc. James Gordon, 20, of Texas, both of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., from the rotar wash of a landing medivac helicopter after Gordon sustained leg injuries when the armored vehicle he and six others were riding in hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. It was Apache company's 48th IED in a month, 7 that were attacks, 41 diffused or destroyed, resulting in 22 soldiers injured and one soldier killed in that timeframe. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Spike in battlefield deaths linked to restrictive rules of engagement

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** In this Nov. 30, 2013, file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Iran to Afghanistan: Don’t sign the security deal with the U.S.

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (from left), Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo greet one another during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The officials hope to persuade Afghan leaders to let international troops remain in the war-torn country beyond 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO seeks clarity on troops in Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syed Munawar Hasan, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, arrives to pray at a mosque in the party's headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov, 11, 2013. The Pakistan army condemned the prominent Islamic political leader Hasan who called the Pakistani Taliban chief killed by a U.S. drone strike a martyr. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Suspected U.S. drone kills 1 in Pakistan; no intention of throttling back attacks

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Hamid Karzai defiant on deal as NATO says sorry for civilian kills

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Kevin Kreneck

TYRRELL: A suggested answer to Karzai’s demands

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: Obama’s security deal dooms U.S. to endless war

By Brahma Chellaney

** FILE ** - A member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2013. A senior U.S. commander said Saturday, March 30, 2013 that American special operations forces have handed over their base in eastern Afghanistan’s Nirkh district to local Afghan commandos. (Associated Press)

Rules of engagement bind U.S. troops’ actions in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends the last day of the national consultative council known as a Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Mr. Karzai said he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by the assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. The president argued that Afghanistan needs more time to ensure that the United States is committed to peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

White House tells Hamid Karzai: Take deal, or U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds a copy of a weekly security report during the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Mr. Karzai said he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by the assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan to reintroduce stoning as punishment

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times