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The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pink slips being printed as Congress vacations, defense industry likely to cut thousands of jobs

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama 2.0 by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NORTH: Presidents and promises

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

“When fully implemented,” Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote of the sequesters, “they could force Virginia and other states into recession.” (Associated Press)

McDonnell urges Obama to work with Hill to avert sequesters

By David Hill - The Washington Times

President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, want to repair their injured party after devastating congressional election losses but have diverging mandates at a critical time. (Associated Press)

Obama’s liberal agenda seen as risky for red state Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** “Republicans deserve blame; I’ll take some blame for it. But the president of the United States is supposed to lead. Why doesn’t he call people over, and we sit down and prevent the sequestration from happening and fulfill the comment that he made during the campaign?” said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. (Associated Press)

Sequestration becomes partisan game of political chicken on the Hill

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Obama admin winds down plan for ‘uninsurables’

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Illustration Defense Cuts by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LOVELACE: Cutting the defense budget: A history

By Alexander Lovelace

President Obama, flanked by Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

Obama bypasses Congress with public economic pitch

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President John Biden and House Speaker John Boehner smiles as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

MILLER: The balanced budget dream

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sequestration puts nation at risk

The Washington Times

**FILE** Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (Associated Press)

Gen. Odierno: Army will lose 100,000 soldiers under defense cuts

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Jerrold Nadler, New York Democrat (AP Photo)

Democratic Rep. Nadler decries Republicans for passing disaster relief bill for churches

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Veterans Kori Cioca (left), 25, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Panayiota Bertzikis, 29, of Somerville, Mass., who were assaulted and raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, meet at their attorney's office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2011. They are plaintiffs among about a dozen women and at least one man, who are suing Pentagon officials, seeking change in the military's handling of rape and sexual assault cases. (Associated Press)

Pentagon brass, Congress meet to end sexual assault in military

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare trustees report at the Treasury Department in Washington on Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Social Security head Astrue: Program fraying from neglect

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

** FILE ** Job seekers stand in line during U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler's "Getting Southwest Washington Back to Work Job Fair" on Sept. 28, 2011, in Vancouver, Wash. (Associated Press)

Freshmen reformers in Congress avoid Hill experience in staffing

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Malian soldiers man a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Gao, Mali, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. French soldiers on Wednesday recovered an enormous stash of explosives that authorities believe radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs for attacks on northern Mali's largest city, a Malian military spokesman said. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Mali faces long-term threat, House panel is told

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said that he doesn’t “disagree with the president to have the debate” on guns. “Let’s vote,” the South Carolina Republican added. “Let’s find something we can agree on.”

Hill Democrats lock and load for gun vote

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Library of Congress has plan for saving recordings

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

**FILE** Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks Feb. 6, 2013, during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (Associated Press)

Postal chief pushes Congress to endorse Saturday mail cut

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times