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Even though the Army told Congress that it would prefer to buy no more of the outdated Abrams tanks, the Defense Authorization Act includes a $120 million earmark for more Abrams tanks. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told Congress emphatically that there's no need to buy more such tanks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

As Army shrinks, young officers being pushed out

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo shows Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, young men and women joined the military to fight through the rugged mountains of Afghanistan and the dusty deserts of Iraq. Less than 10 years later, many of these young officers are captains in the Army with multiple combat deployments under their belts. But now, as the wars wind down and Pentagon budgets shrink, many are being told they have to leave. The process is painful and frustrating. In quiet conversations across Fort Bragg, N.C., and at Fort Eustas in Virginia, captains talked about their frustrations and their fears. And they nervously wait as their fates rest in the hands of evaluation boards that may spend only a few minutes reading through each service record before making the decision that may end their careers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

As Army shrinks, young officers being pushed out

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

**TUESDAY AUG 18. 2009 PHOTO** In this Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009 photo, Sgt. Jacob Hayes, 25, of Welcome Md., of the U.S. Army's 2nd Platoon Apache Company of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., smokes a cigarette at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. Apache company lost 22 soldiers to injuries and one killed on a month that saw 48 IED's, 7 that were attacks, 41 diffused or destroyed in that timeframe. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Veterans push to test marijuana as a life-saving treatment for crippling PTSD

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Charles Daughaday of Myrtle Beach, S.C., is a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, another monument commemorating a conflict in American history. Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq combat are hoping to see their own memorial eventually, but there is no end in sight to the war on terrorism. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

Building a D.C. memorial for an endless war bumps into regulations

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Murder suspect Kassim Alhimidi reacts to being found guilty for the murder of his wife Shaima Alawadi, Thursday April 17, 2014. Alhimidi shook his head as the verdict was read Thursday. He was charged with murdering his 32-year-old wife, Shaima Alawadi, in El Cajon, home to one of the largest enclaves of Iraqi immigrants in the U.S. (AP Photo/John Gastaldo,Pool)

Court chaos: Iraqi man convicted in wife’s murder

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Court reinstates lawsuit over Marine’s suicide

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press

Mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while carrying a flag-draped coffin of Shawki Rahim during his funeral procession in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The Iraqi Army officer was killed during clashes with al-Qaida fighters in Hillah last night, his family said. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Gunmen attack Iraq military base, kill 10 soldiers

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Calif. jury convicts Iraqi for wife’s murder; daughter ‘outraged’ defense suggested her involvement

By Ellito Spagat - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘American Spartan’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

Veteran seeks Iraq, Afghan war monument in Pontiac

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Schumer requests NYC parade for returning troops

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Hagel seeks to increase ties with Mongolia

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry defends the Obama administration's response to Russia's moves on eastern Ukraine during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (Associated Press Photographs)

CURL: The next hot spot is the world’s problem, not America’s

By Joseph Curl

This undated family photo provided by Glen Welton shows U.S. Army Sgt. Tim Owens, left, of Effingham, Ill., with his cousin Glen Welton. Owens was one of three people killed by a shooter at Fort Hood, Texas on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The shooter, identified as Ivan Lopez, also wounded 16 others before shooting himself, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Owens family)

Soldiers killed at Fort Hood had years of service

By DAVID MERCER - Associated Press

Fort Hood reveals identities of 3 soldiers killed

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Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ALLARD: The heavy price of an overextended military

By Ken Allard

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, file photo, an entrance is shown to Fort Hood Army Base in Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood says there's been a shooting at the Texas Army base and that there have been injuries, on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Gunman kills 3, wounds 16 at Fort Hood Army base

By WILL WEISSERT and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley (left) and Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, talk to the media near Fort Hood's main gate one day after a soldier opened fire on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide. (Associated Press)

Details emerging in Fort Hood massacre

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Army says alleged shooter saw no combat in Iraq

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This Monday, March 24, 2014 photo shows director Errol Morris posing for a photo in Los Angeles. Morris directed the recently released film &quot;The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld.&quot; Morris spent more than 30 hours interviewing Donald Rumsfeld. He sifted through thousands of memos _ “snowflakes,” Rumsfeld called them _ from the former Secretary of Defense and architect of the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Q&A: Morris on Rumsfeld doc, ‘It’s a horror movie’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press