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Katie Barron gestures while looking at a pay increase notice for her children's day care, in her home in Madison, Ala., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Barron's husband is a National Weather Service meteorologist forced to work without pay during the shutdown because his job is classified as essential. They've put off home and car maintenance, but the $450-a-week bill for day care still has to be paid, as do the mortgage and utility bills. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Alabama city built on federal dollars feeling shutdown pinch

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 2018 photo, a displaced woman cleans in Bzeibiz camp, Anbar province, Iraq. A little over a year since the country fought its last battle against the Islamic State group, but well before it has gotten a handle on reconstruction, Iraq is closing its camps for the displaced and casting vulnerable families into a maelstrom of peril. (AP Photo/Philip Issa)

Iraq closes camps for displaced, pushes families into peril

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

In this Dec. 1, 2018 photo, Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Minister of Defense, Gen.Joaquim Silva e Luna, attend a graduation ceremony at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in Resende, Brazil. &quot;I am very happy to be in this house that formed me. I owe almost everything in this life to the beloved Brazilian army,&quot; said Bolsonaro, during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil military academy offers glimpse of next government

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2018 photo, software engineer Nicholas Otero, of Woburn, Mass., speaks with a colleague about features on a Centaur robot, right, at Endeavor Robotics in Chelmsford, Mass. The Army is looking for a few good robots. These robots won’t fight, at least not yet. But they will be designed to help the men and women who do. The companies making them are waging a different kind of battle. At stake is a contract worth almost half a billion dollars for 3,000 backpack-sized robots that can defuse bombs and scout enemy positions. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Army looks for a few good robots, sparks industry battle

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Army running back Darnell Woolfolk (33) carries as Oklahoma linebacker Curtis Bolton (18) defends during an NCAA college football game between Army and Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Army will face Houston on Saturday, Dec. 22, in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas. In an era where aerial assaults are the norm, Army coach Jeff Monken maintains a simple formula for success--keep the ball--and nobody does that better than the No. 22 Black Knights (10-2) with their potent triple option and stable of bruising runners. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

No. 22 Army going for 1st 11-win season in Armed Forces Bowl

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Army's Kelvin Hopkins Jr. drops back during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Army fullback Darnell Woolfolk a big key to team’s success

By JOHN KEKIS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. President Donald Trump’s band of “my generals” is slowly being disbanded. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s band of ‘my generals’ is disbanding

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, 38, graduated from West Point in 2002 on the front end of America’s longest war. After infantry and then Special Forces qualifications, he found himself, as a team captain, engaged in intense daily patrols and killings around Marjah, west of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban. (Photo courtesy of Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn)

Mathew Golsteyn faces murder in bomb-maker Rasoul death

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Amy artillery testing in Arizona aimed at shooting farther

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Army officer charged with murder of Afghan bomber suspect

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Navy player Anthony Gargiulo ahead of an NCAA college football game between Army and Navy, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Army beats Navy for 3rd straight time and Trump at game

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, center, hold out the coin for the coin toss at the Army-Navy NCAA college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump is 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy game

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Army's fiscal 2018 budget. President Donald Trump will tap Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser, choosing a battle-hardened commander who has served as chief of the Army for the last three years, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump picks Army chief of staff as next top military adviser

By DEB REICHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, Army players and coaches run onto the field after defeating Navy 21-17 in an NCAA college football game in Baltimore, Md. With Army ranked No. 22, the Cadets (9-2) try to beat Navy (3-9) for the third straight time Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in the storied series. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Army-Navy rivalry features Trump tossing coin at 119th game

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, file photo, an Army cadet displays a sign for then President-elect Donald Trump in the first half of the Army-Navy NCAA college football game in Baltimore. President Trump will attend the Army-Navy football game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Political football: Trump to handle coin toss at Army-Navy

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Correction: Trump-Joint Chiefs story

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This May 1, 2018 photo shows Jose Belen in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Belen of Lake Mary left the military with a PTSD diagnosis in 2005, but he kept it quiet. Military veterans lobbying for an end to federal classification of marijuana as a lethal substance with no redeeming medicinal value may be closer to that goal than ever before, given the midterm election results. Between the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and a federal lawsuit led by a 12-year-old girl with epilepsy, the cannabis prohibition drama is set to unfold on multiple fronts. (Thomas Bender/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP)

New momentum in veterans’ fight for medical marijuana

By BILLY COX - Associated Press

In this recent photo, former MASH 4077 nurse Helen Faso and her daughter, Aimee, look over a photo album in Wheeling, W.Va., Faso kept from her time in Korea. (Heather Ziegler/The Intelligencer via AP)

West Virginia nurse, now 80, was part of MASH unit

By HEATHER ZIEGLER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Marine Corp recruits take part in a 1.5 mile run in Champaign, Ill. Future soldiers work out at the recruiting station, getting a taste of what boot camp will be like, preparing for the upcoming physical rigors. (Rick Danzl/The News-Gazette via AP)

EXCHANGE: Future Marines gets head start on basic training

By PAUL WOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2016, file photo provided by the Louisiana National Guard, a controlled burn chamber arrives at Camp Minden in Minden, La. A federal judge has sentenced the former owner of a company involved in an explosion and cleanup in Louisiana to pay $34 million and spend 4 years and seven months in prison. KTBS-TV reports that former owner David Alan Smith, of Winchester, Kentucky, and four officials of his Explo Systems Inc. were sentenced Thursday, Nor. 29, 2018, in Shreveport. (Noshoba Davis/Louisiana National Guard via AP, File)

5 get prison after 2012 military munition blast in Louisiana

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