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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said fierce political resistance last year killed proposals such as base closures and increasing health care enrollment fees, which are included in the White House's $526.6 billion defense budget request. Mr. Hagel, however, noted times have changed, saying, "We are now in a different fiscal environment." (Associated Press)

Congress skeptical of Obama’s defense budget

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

The Washington Times

DONNELLY: Hoisting a rainbow flag over the Pentagon

By Elaine Donnelly

A Chinese health worker takes excrement samples from a chicken at a closed poultry market in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Health officials believe humans are contracting the H7N9 bird flu virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily between people. (AP Photo)

American flu: Chinese colonel says bird flu is really U.S. biological weapon

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

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Inside the Ring: Transcom or emocom?

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** Lockheed Martin Corp. security guards stand in front of a new stealth fighter, known as the F-35 or Joint Strike Fighter, before a news conference after the plane's first flight in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 15, 2006. (Associated Press)

Pentagon budget ignores sequester, puts off cost-saving

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vladimir Putin has shown little interest in resetting Russian relations with the U.S. once again during his third term as president. (Ria Novosti via Associated Press)

Russian bomber conducts practice strikes on U.S. missile defenses in Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Miguel Rodriguez, Director of Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office, Feb. 25, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Diplomacy downplay: Obama administration minimizes latest North Korean nuke threat

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 11, 2013, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013, by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets military personnel at a long-range artillery sub-unit of KPA Unit 641 during his visit to front-line military units near the western sea boarder in North Korea near the South's western border island of Baengnyeong. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

U.S. would seek regime change in North Korea if attack occurs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama and China ‘talking past each other’ on N. Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** North Korean army officers rally at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang. (Associated Press)

North Korea threatens attack, including nukes, on U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 28, 2013. (Associated Press)

Hagel warns of defense cuts, hints at major reforms

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks March 1, 2013, at a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Pentagon’s budget fears fall on media’s deaf ears

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines walk on tracks of a vehicle to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as their platoon clears a route to reach another platoon in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province in 2010. Marines airdropped into the region came under intense Taliban fire. (Associated Press)

Rep. Duncan Hunter takes Army to task over requests for IED finder

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A B-2 stealth bomber refuels. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul tweeted the photo on March 28, 2013, with the caption: "Two B-2 bombers flew over South Korea today, demonstrating the US’s ability to conduct precision strikes at will." (Image: U.S. Embassy, Seoul) ** FILE **

U.S. joins South Korea in show of force with B-2 bomber

By Kristina Wong and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Former NSA Deputy Director William B. Black, Jr. (Government photo)

Inside the Ring: NSA on cyberwar

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon reconsidering civilian furloughs in light of new funding

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Female fighter pilots from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing flew in combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from a forward-deployed base in the Middle East. The Air Force now has 85 female pilots, or 2 percent of the total. (Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force)

She has the right stuff: Female combat pilots have been flashing their skills for 20 years

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon delays civilian furlough notices

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times