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Colorado soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan

Associated Press

Pentagon: More sex harassment, retribution cases in military

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

An autonomous delivery vehicle targeted toward the "spoiled Chinese" consumer is an example of artificial intelligence coming out of Silicon Valley, which has an uncomfortable relationship with the Pentagon and the CIA. (Associated Press/File)

U.S., China in artificial intelligence technology race

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question on the Department of Defense budget posture during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Thursday April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Pentagon chief calls sexual assault a cancer in military

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., asks Defense Secretary Jim Mattis about the issue of transgender troops, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense budget posture, Thursday, April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Pentagon, Congress clash over transgender service members

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

The U.S. flag flies in front of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 4, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds run 163 separate programs promoting STEM education: GAO

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile Saturday, April 14, 2018, as part of the military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trey Fowler/U.S. Navy via AP)

Pentagon: U.S. airstrikes ‘hit the heart’ of Syria’s chemical weapons program

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on tax policy, Thursday, April 5, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lack of White House details on Syria ‘very effective’ strategy, says Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Correction: WWII Soldier-Arlington Burial story

Associated Press

Members of the Kurdish internal security forces, right, pass next of damaged shops, at the scene where an explosion on Thursday hit a U.S.-led coalition vehicles, killing an American and a Briton soldiers, in Manbij town, north Syria, Saturday, March 31, 2018. The explosion on Thursday was the first to hit members of the U.S.-led coalition who have deployed to Manbij months after the town was liberated from Islamic State militants in 2016. An improvised explosive device went off during an operation against a known member of the Islamic State group in this mixed Arab and Kurdish town, the U.S-led Coalition said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Soldier killed in Syria identified as 36-year-old from Texas

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2018, photo, boys look through an older section of the border structure from Mexicali, Mexico, alongside a newly-constructed, taller section, left, in Calexico, Calif. Congress gave President Donald Trump the $1.6 billion he sought for one year of funding of the border wall with Mexico, but he wanted a long-term wall financing commitment. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Pentagon, White House discussed shifting military funds to Trump border wall

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pentagon releases names of 7 airmen killed in crash in Iraq

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2014. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jay Carney: Obama ‘never’ asked me to lie

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times