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Fiancee: Vet gave show errant photo by ‘mistake’

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Illustration U.S. hourglass by John Camejo for The Washington Times

CLEARY: Soft power, hard truths

By William Cleary

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) walks with Gen. John Allen and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker (second from right) on the airport tarmac after his arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Mr. Panetta arrived to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown. Gen. Allen heads the NATO coalition forces. (Associated Press)

U.S. patience with Pakistan running out

By Heidi Vogt and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan ‘reaching limits’

By Deb Riechmann and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 6, 2012, photo, a Pakistani man cleans the roof of an oil tanker that was used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, and parked with other tankers in a compound in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

New U.S. leverage seen in talks with Pakistan

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

A U.S. Marine sits with his bomb-sniffing buddy aboard a helicopter during a medevac mission in Afghanistan's Helmand province in February 2010. The dog, which had stopped performing well possibly due to stress, according to his handler, was evacuated along with a wounded Afghan civilian. (Associated Press)

Dogs outdone by electronic sensors in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Oprah Winfrey will broadcast an interview with Paris Jackson, daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson, on Sunday. Ms. Winfrey interviewed Paris for "Oprah's Next Chapter," which can be seen on OWN. (Associated Press)

Tuning in to TV: Paris Jackson sits down for talk with Oprah

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Villagers gather at a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (Associated Press)

Suicide bombers kill 22 civilians at Afghan market

By Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

Source: No background check on TV contestant

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

U.S. sees ‘degradation’ of al Qaeda organization

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

No record of TV singer’s claimed combat injury

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

White House: Al Qaeda No. 2 killed

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

U.S. official: Al Qaeda No. 2 killed by U.S. drone

By Kimberly Dozier and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Optimism premature in Afghanistan

The Washington Times

A U.S. Predator drone (Associated Press)

Pakistan: U.S. drone kills 10 suspected militants

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

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O’HANLON: Rays of hope in Afghanistan

By Michael O'Hanlon

In this March 19, 1954, photo from the Boeing Co. archive, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress airplane is rolled out of Boeing's historic "Plant 2" in Seattle. After giving birth to some of the world's most significant aircraft, the outdated facility is scheduled to be torn down in the fall of 2010. (AP Photo/Courtesy Boeing Co.)

PETERS AND WYNNE: Wanted: New planes

By F. Whitten Peters and Michael W. Wynne

** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

NATO kills senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

NATO airstrike kills 2nd-highest al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

More than 1,500 Afghans block the highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Saturday, May 26, 2012, to demand a stop to nighttime military operations. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

NATO disputes report of Afghan casualties in airstrike

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press