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Army Pvt. Danny Chen, 19, allegedly was hazed by eight fellow soldiers to the point that he committed suicide in October 2011. (U.S. Army via Associated Press)

Military suicides hit record high of 349 in 2012

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

All U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in 2014. Whether any will remain to train local forces and conduct missions against al Qaeda remains a point of contention between the two countries' governments. (Associated Press)

Afghans fear a civil war  if all U.S. troops depart

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Obama and Ambassador Eklil Ahmad Hakimi of Afghanistan are pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo courtesy of www.embassyofafghanistan.org)

Official: U.S. to expedite gear to Afghan forces

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Villagers stand near the bodies of men killed in an explosion in Sayedabad, in Afghanistan's Wardak province, southwest of Kabul on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The explosion killed seven Afghan villagers as they tried to pull bodies of insurgents killed from the rubble of a village mosque after a night raid by NATO and Afghan troops in the country's east, officials said. Four insurgents and an Afghan soldier also were reported to have been killed. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Afghanistan: Blast kills 7 civilians after raid

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Pakistani Shiite Muslims chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, to condemn Thursday's deadly bombings in Quetta. Thousands of Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Roadside bomb kills 14 Pakistani soldiers

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, file photo George P. Bush, right, stands with his uncle former President George W. Bush, left, during the Bush Center Warrior Open in Irving, Texas. George P. Bush, the 36-year-old attorney from Fort Worth and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has taken steps toward seeking elected office in Texas, and his father has said his son is considering a run for the state’s land commissioner. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

George P. Bush weighing run in Texas

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes questions from reporters during his joint news conference with President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 11, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama: Time to come home from Afghanistan

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive for their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 11, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama speeds up drawdown in Afghanistan, hedges on post-2014 force

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right) motions Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the viewing stand during a full-honors arrival ceremony Thursday on the River Parade Field at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Delicate diplomacy as Obama and Karzai talk Afghanistan future

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, is escorted by Sergeant of Arms of the Senate Terrance Gainer, left, as he walks to a meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Karzai meets with senators before State Dept., White House visits

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, is escorted by Sergeant of Arms of the Senate Terrance Gainer, left, as he walks to a meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Specter of Benghazi drives U.S.-Afghan talks

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Pakistani truckers who carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The truckers have gone on strike in northwest Pakistan to protest lower pay, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistani truckers of NATO goods go on strike

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

** FILE ** A U.S. Marine squad leader patrols alongside an Afghan National Army lieutenant in Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

‘What-ifs’ remain for final U.S. pullout in Afghanistan

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson. Levinson, 64, went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007. Levinson's family received these photographs of him in April 2011. U.S officials suspect the Iranians or its proxies are holding Levinson hostage. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

U.S. sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Friday, April 20, 2007, file photo, the commander of a tribal militia, Maulvi Nazir, center, flanked by his bodyguards, speaks to journalists at Wana, the main town of Pakistan's tribal region of South Waziristan, along the Afghan border. Intelligence officials said suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near Afghan border on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, the third suspected strike in five days, killing at least nine Pakistani Taliban fighters. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistan: Officials say U.S. drones kill 8 militants

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan security forces investigate the scene after two suicide attacks in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, 2013. Two suicide bombers penetrated a government compound in the country's south, killing several, Afghan officials said. There were no reports of foreign troops or civilians at the site. (Associated Press)

Afghan aides fear reprisals after U.S. troops leave

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Oct. 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

McChrystal calls for enduring Afghan force

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

** FILE ** This July 23, 2010, file photo shows Gen. Stanley McChrystal reviewing troops for the last time as he is honored at a retirement ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

McChrystal takes blame for Rolling Stone article

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

**FILE** Veterans Kori Cioca (left), 25, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Panayiota Bertzikis, 29, of Somerville, Mass., who were assaulted and raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, meet at their attorney's office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2011. They are plaintiffs among about a dozen women and at least one man, who are suing Pentagon officials, seeking change in the military's handling of rape and sexual assault cases. (Associated Press)

Pentagon undeterred by sex scandals; policy on women proceeds

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times