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From left: Former Sens. John W. Warner of Virginia, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Sam Nunn of Georgia arrive Jan. 31, 2013, on Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee at Hagel's confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Defense secretary nominee Hagel roughed up by friendly fire

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Defense Funding by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

WILLIAMS: No immunity for smart Defense cuts

By David Williams

A French soldier directs helicopters near Timbuktu, Mali, on Jan. 28, 2013. Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al Qaeda-linked militants who ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert, setting fire to a library that held thousands of manuscripts dating to the Middle Ages. (Associated Press/French Army Communications Audiovisual office)

Inside the Ring: New al Qaeda threat

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: Chuck Hagel’s easy contempt for the U.S. Senate

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

"I think the State Department is totally inept when it comes to being able to have oversight on things like this. This should not have gotten to this point," Rep. Duncan D. Hunter says. (Associated Press)

Rep. Hunter: Subsidy for Pakistani fertilizer company ‘crazy’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pakistani fertilizer firm to expand in U.S., but balks on controlling bomb materials

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joints Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. (Associated Press)

Gen. Dempsey hints: Bar likely lowered for female combat units

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

The F-16 is one of the Air Force's tactical aircraft. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon starts pink slip process to 46,000

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

CHUMLEY: Casting a shadow of doubt on female fighters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson of Huntingdon, Tenn., waits for Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta to hand her the memorandum he has just signed ending the 1994 ban on women serving in combat on Jan. 24, 2013, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Panetta: Women are integral to military’s success

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

No amount of bragging rights about diversity in the ranks is worth failure in a mission or injury to our warriors, says columnist Christy Stutzman. If the standards are lowered for women Marines, what makes the institution elite? (U.S. Marine Corps)

Tough road ahead to move women into combat roles

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?

By PAUL WISEMAN and BERNARD CONDON and JONATHAN FAHEY - Associated Press

**FILE** Marine Gen. John R. Allen speaks at the Pentagon on May 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

White House pushes forward with Gen. Allen’s nomination

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012, after hundreds of civilians, military and police raided the Brigades base. The attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. (Associated Press)

Africa’s fast-reaction force ready to go from Colorado

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Inside the Ring: CIA in Benghazi

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** Capt. Sara Rodriguez, 26, of the 101st Airborne Division, carries a litter of sandbags during the Expert Field Medical Badge training at Fort Campbell, Ky., on May 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pentagon move will send women into direct combat

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

“It reverberates everywhere across the United States. You know, we’re willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign, but we’re not willing to be murdered for it.” - Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Exonerated Gen. Allen up for top NATO command

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

"The key to solving the problem [of sexual abuse in the military] … we are missing something fundamental in human-to-human interaction … that's at the heart of the problem." Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (second from left) told a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Lackland Air Force Base investigation. (Associated Press)

Air Force officials testify about sexual assaults

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Paula Coughlin, the Tailhook whistle-blower in 1991 after she was sexually assaulted, hopes the House hearing will bring attention and action regarding assaults in the military.

Air Force sex-scandal hearing set

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times