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**FILE** Crowds celebrate in front of the White House on May 2, 2011, after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed. (Associated Press)

Pentagon pursues political agenda with Navy SEALS, critics say

The Washington Times

Afghan security forces block the road where Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. The suicide bombers detonated explosives at the gate, and sparking a gunbattle that lasted at least two hours, with American helicopters firing down at militants before the attackers were defeated. (AP Photo/Nasrullah Khan)

U.S.-Afghan base attacked in eastern Afghanistan

By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat

Army’s own data mining system fails test

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces block the road where Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. The suicide bombers detonated explosives at the gate, and sparking a gunbattle that lasted at least two hours, with American helicopters firing down at militants before the attackers were defeated. (AP Photo/Nasrullah Khan)

Taliban suicide bombers hit joint base in Afghanistan

By Rahim Faiez and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Illustration Brave Soldier by John Camejo for The Washington Times

NORTH: Crossing America on patriot tour

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

Report clears Army brass evaluating battlefield data processor

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project senior staff lawyer Ariela Migdal (right) gestures while speaking alongside fellow ACLU lawyer Elizabeth Gill (left front) at a news conference Tuesday in San Francisco. Plaintiffs also present for the event (background from left) were Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Capt. Zoe Bedell and Marine Corps 1st Lt. Colleen Farrell. The fourth plaintiff is Air Force Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar. (Associated Press)

Women press to end combat ban

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2010. (Associated Press)

Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank case

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, (from left) Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Jill Biden, Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar and Sen. Jack Reed applaud during a groundbreaking ceremony for an education center that will tell the stories of generations of veterans killed in combat. (Associated Press)

Education center breaks ground

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Drago Kos (Associated Press)

Politics hampers probe of Kabul Bank collapse

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pentagon press secretary George Little (center) takes part in an audio news conference with Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Clark of the Air Force Special Operations Command (pictured on a television top right) at the Pentagon on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

Pentagon soon to determine post-2014 troop levels in Afghanistan

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Democrat, lost both of her legs when her helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. During her recovery, she found a new mission — taking care of those she describes as her military brothers and sisters. (Associated Press)

Nine recent war veterans join Congress

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier stands guard at the site of suicide attack in the Wardak province of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 23, 2012. A car laden with explosives detonated, killing several civilians and wounding dozens of others, officials said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the bombing. (Associated Press)

Afghan suicide attack kills 3, wounds more than 90

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Soldiers put their hands together in a huddle before playing football in Kabul. The players used a regulation football, but the game was a mix of football, soccer and rugby to fit the short field. The referees wore camouflaged shirts and the spectators held rifles. (Associated Press)

Football and feasting in Kabul for the holiday

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Court case challenges DOD, CIA authority to delete information from books

By Kimberly Dvorak - Washington Guardian

France ends combat operations in Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

**FILE** A flatbed truck carries wounded veterans and their families during a parade on Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas, before it was struck by a train. Four veterans were killed and sixteen people injured in the resulting collision. (Associated Press/Reporter-Telegram, James Durbin)

Driver in Texas parade crash is an Army veteran

By Betsy Blaney - Associated Press

FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer - Associated Press

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attend a ceremony of the signing of agreements between the two countries in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Karzai was meeting with Indian leaders Monday in a bid to woo investment to his war-torn country and boost security before a planned drawdown of NATO troops in 2014. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

Afghan President Karzai: U.S. violating detainee pact

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Jill Kelley's complaint about receiving harassing emails spurred an FBI investigation that eventually ensnared ex-CIA Director David N. Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen. (Associated Press)

FBI probe of emails not typical

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press