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Bob Bergdahl, father of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, who is being held captive in Afghanistan, shakes the hand of Gerald McCullar of Washington, Ill., who is portraying a prisoner of war, after he speaks May 27, 2012, at the the annual Rolling Thunder rally for POW/MIA awareness in Washington. (Courtesy of Rolling Thunder, Inc.)

Father of POW speaks at annual Rolling Thunder rally

By Stacey A. Anderson - Associated Press

NATO sees no evidence of civilian casualties

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

** FILE ** This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. (AP Photo, File)

AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot

By Angela K. Brown - Associated Press

** FILE ** Ringo, a bomb-sniffing dog, listens to trainer Adam Ward, a contractor working for American K-9 Interdiction, as dog handler Marine Cpl. William Childs observes in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2009. The Pentagon also has spent more than $200 million a year developing devices to detect roadside bombs. (Associated Press)

U.S. troops winning war against IEDs of Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, talks to reporters, Friday, March 16, 2012, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Rodriguez said there was "sufficient screening" for post-traumatic stress disorders at Lewis-McChord, which has been called the "most troubled" base in the military because of repeated violent incidents associated with the Seattle-area facility. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Army to be more selective and spend less on bonuses

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Senate panel votes to cut aid for Egypt and Pakistan

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Embassy: Crocker to leave as ambassador to Afghanistan

Associated Press

Embassy Row: Two down in south Asia

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

The NATO leaders gather May 20, 2012, as the opening session of the NATO Summit begins in Chicago. (Associated Press)

Obama: Confident Afghans can take security lead

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

INNOCENT AND MARKUS: Afghanistan’s corruption breeds failure

By Malou Innocent and Danny Markus

** FILE ** Afghan security men and NATO soldiers (right) are seen at the scene of an attack by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan

Associated Press

President Obama (right) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their meeting at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: NATO shifting to help peace in Afghanistan

By Anne Gearan and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Occupy Chicago protesters sit in the street outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house during a march and demonstration on Saturday, May 19m 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Small band of Occupy protesters denounces NATO

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

At the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai prepare to sign a 10-page strategic partnership agreement that will govern the U.S. support role in the Southwest Asian nation after 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

GOP blocks debate on Afghanistan withdrawal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

U.S. Marine Sgt. Albert Winschel (right) demonstrates how to apply a tourniquet on fellow Marine Sgt. Preston Norton as they give medic training to soldiers with the Uganda People's Defense Force at the Singo training facility in Kakola. American military advisers there are drawing on experience from Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

U.S. advisers train troops for Somalia

By David Rising - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rahmani death a blow to Afghan peace

The Washington Times

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Pakistan’s Zardari to attend NATO summit in Chicago

By Shaun Waterman and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times