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** FILE ** Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, right, accompanied by the committee's Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate may go on recess without passing cyber bill

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

Dempsey: No permanent U.S. presence in Asia-Pacific

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: We’ll be ready if needed for Syria

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

U.S. Secret Service agents walk April 14, 2012, around the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the opening ceremony of the 6th Summit of the Americas. (Associated Press)

Dempsey: ‘We let the boss down’ with Colombia scandal

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Illustration by Donna Grethen

HUCKABEE: Time to act on Iran

By Mike Huckabee - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies Feb. 14, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee to outline the Pentagon's budget. (Associated Press)

General ‘concerned’ over Taliban prisoner transfer

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

President Obama (center) and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) greet Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, on the apron at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Biden welcome home U.S. commander in Iraq

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill on Nov. 15, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security issues relating to Iraq. (Associated Press)

Senators, defense leaders spar over Iraq

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Obama: ‘No safe haven anywhere’ for terror

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Associated Press)

Joint Chiefs nominee calls Defense cuts ‘very high risk’

By Stephen Levy - The Washington Times

Gen. Martin Dempsey, Army chief of staff, speaks to the families of fallen service members at a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors in Arlington on Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama chooses Dempsey as next Joint Chiefs head

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, to discuss defense budget cuts. He also said he had recommended Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next Army chief of staff. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gates wants Dempsey as new Army chief of staff

Associated Press