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**FILE** Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry and his wife, Ashley, arrive March 14, 2012, at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha. (Associated Press)

Army hero speaks for injured comrades

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Villagers join Afghan Local Police on Thursday, March 29, 2012, for a ceremony in Gizab at which new uniforms were presented. Commanders think the units are capable of holding villages after NATO troops clear out the enemy. (Associated Press)

Afghan Local Police key to success against Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Lawyer: Suspect in Afghan slayings had ‘depression’ after Iraq

By Mike Baker - Associated Press

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pakistan army chief, U.S. commanders to meet to discuss Nov. airstrikes

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

SGT. SHAFT: Retired veteran seeks clarification of benefits

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Obama meet Tuesday on the last day of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. (Associated Press)

Obama, Pakistani prime minister focus on ‘dialogue’

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

An Afghan policeman checks a man entering a provincial police station near the main gate of a joint civilian-military base where two British soldiers were killed in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

NATO: 3 foreign troops killed by Afghan forces

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John Allen tells skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, that the war in Afghanistan is winding down. (Associated Press)

Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees success despite troop slayings

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens March 26, 2012, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Gen. Allen admits ‘green-on-blue’ attacks erode trust

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

An Afghan boy prays on Saturday, March 24, 2012, over the grave of one of the sixteen victims of a shooting rampage allegedly by a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghans: U.S. paid $50,000 per victim in shooting spree

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman (right), chief of the Pakistani religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, heads a meeting of opposition leaders on Saturday, March 24, 2012, in Islamabad to discuss strategy for the forthcoming Parliament debate on the terms of re-engagement with United States. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Taliban warn Pakistani lawmakers over NATO supplies

By Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

SANDERS: The cost of a hasty retreat from Afghanistan

By Sol Sanders - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Sgt. Robert Bales takes part in exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2011. (Associated Press/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

U.S. soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S., Afghan officials work on partnership deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Bales (Associated Press)

Bales faces 17 counts of murder in Afghan killings

By Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (center) attends graduation exercises for Afghan military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Karzai: Afghanistan-U.S. pact will be scrutinized

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tells the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2012, that efforts to hand over security to the Afghans and wind down the decade-plus war are on track despite recent anger over a U.S. soldier's alleged massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Korans. (Associated Press)

Allen: Corruption, safe havens block Afghan success

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

French President Nicolas Sarkozy pays respect during a ceremony Wednesday for three slain paratroopers. Authorities think they were killed by the gunman also thought to be responsible for the deaths of three Jewish children and a rabbi. A 24-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent is the chief suspect in the seven slayings.

Suspect in 7 killings in Franceholed up in police standoff

By Johanna Decorse and Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

In this Dec. 16, 2011, photo, John Henry Browne, right, the attorney for Colton Harris-Moore, left, who is also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," listens to testimony in Island County Superior Court, in Coupeville, Wash. Browne is now representing Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Soldier’s lawyer known for ‘humanizing’ clients

By Gene Johnson and Phuong Le - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) extends her hand to Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul during a press briefing following their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Clinton calls on Taliban to eschew violence for peace talks

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times