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France strikes Islamic State’s depot in Iraq

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 in Paris, Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Top general: US ground troops possible in Iraq

By DAVID ESPO and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - In this circa 1945 file photo provided by Associated Press reporter Bob Thomas, right, plays poker with legendary comedians Bud Abbott, left, and Lou Costello, during an interview. When Thomas began writing a Hollywood column for The AP in 1944, there were 500 journalists covering the movie scene. Fresh, newsy interviews were hard to come by, so he began writing &quot;participation stories.&quot; Thomas died of age-related illnesses Friday, March 14, 2014 at his Encino, Calif., home, his daughter Janet Thomas said. He was 92. (AP Photo/Courtesy Bob Thomas, file)

CROWLEY: Obama on the Islamic State: Who’s on first?

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, giving the first public comments by a senior Assad official on the threat posed by the Islamic State group, in Damascus, Syria on Monday, August 25, 2014. Al-Moallem warned the U.S. not to conduct airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus’ consent, saying any such attack would be considered an aggression. Al-Moallem also said that Syria is ready to work with regional states and the international community amid the onslaught of Islamic militants there and in Iraq, adding that the Syrian government is a crucial partner in the war on terror. (AP Photo)

AP sources: U.S. surveillance planes fly over Syria

By Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Pace - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking in New York. President Barack Obama's military leadership made clear in recent days that the threat from the Islamic State militants, who murdered American journalist James Foley, cannot be fully eliminated without going after the group in Syria, as well as Iraq.&quot;This is an organization that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision and which will eventually have to be defeated,&quot; said Dempsey. &quot;Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in Syria? The answer is no. That will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border.&quot; (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Dempsey: We will act if Islamic group threatens U.S.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Obama faces tough options in Iraq and Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pakistan military chief quietly meets with Pentagon brass to smooth relations

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off on a mission at dawn from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2014. The aircraft and crews at Bagram are prepared to fly 24 hours a day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Gary J. Rihn/Released) ** FILE **

Iraq formally asks U.S. for airstrikes against ISIL

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks with General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after attending the Armed Forces farewell tribute for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Va., Feb. 8, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Army to investigate desertion claims against Bergdahl: Gen. Martin Dempsey

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

China: US must be objective about Asia tensions

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, salutes while visiting the USS Coronado Tuesday in San Diego. (associated press)

Chinese general: Pivot causing havoc in region

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Dempsey says Fort Bragg should expect layoffs

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Military chiefs, lawmakers debate budget cuts

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

NBA plans expanded programs with military

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Illustration on military problems by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

MAGINNIS: Putting the military on the defensive over sex

By Robert Maginnis

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2012 file photo shows a man walking through a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. is doggedly pursuing the question of whether military personnel were told to “stand down” during the 2012 deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, despite the insistence of military leaders and other Republicans that it never happened. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

House GOP pursues Benghazi ‘stand down’ probe

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. In response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, Hagel said the U.S. was stepping up joint aviation training with Polish forces. The Pentagon also is increasing American participation in NATO's air policing mission in its Baltic countries, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US taking steps to help NATO allies in Europe

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press