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President Obama talks about taxes on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama, Romney spar over Pentagon spending

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The U.S. Navy planned to send minesweepers and warships into the Persian Gulf in September 2012 for exercises intended to make Iran think twice about any attempts to block oil tanker traffic through the narrow waterway that links the region’s oil fields with world markets. (Associated Press)

Iranian threats to halt oil ships prompt U.S. to send in Navy

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

A U.S. Army recruit negotiates the confidence course during the white phase of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., on June 14, 2006. The training lasts nine weeks and is divided into red, white and blue phases. Soldiers in the white phase are in their final three weeks. (Department of Defense/Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force)

Army may train women for rigor of front lines

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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Army campaigns to defend current detector of bombs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. J. Randy Forbes, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

House GOP member: Pentagon to lose 128K jobs if budget cuts made

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

F-22 stealth fighters (second and third from left) fly with other fighters over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington during joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea in the East Sea off the Korean peninsula on Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Pentagon OKs plan to lift F-22 flight restrictions

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz says the Air Force and Navy are developing "a range of initiatives" to counter high-technology and area-denial weaponry as part of the new Air Sea Battle Concept. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Air Force Chief on air-sea battle

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

BUCCI: Defense sequestration: Don’t shoot the hostage

By Steven P. Bucci - Special to The Washington Times

One pilot died from oxygen deprivation while flying the Air Force's F-22 Raptor, seen here in a supersonic flyby, and 25 have returned from missions under the same condition. (Associated Press)

Pentagon OKs plan to lift F-22 flight restrictions

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press)

Soldier battling bombs irked by software switch

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

House votes to boycott Russians arming Syria

Associated Press

Inside Politics: Ann Romney says voters will ‘fire the coach’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

“Right now there are more unanswered questions than there are answered questions with regard to how the sequester will work and where the cuts will come from,” House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday. (Associated Press)

House-passed bill ignores defense cuts

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's leaky White House by John Camejo for The Washington Times

ALLARD: Spies, lies and the New York Times

By Col. Ken Allard

Afghan police officers inspect the site of a blast in the central province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 18, 2011. Two roadside bomb attacks on Saturday killed four private security guards escorting supply convoys for a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan, a police chief said. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Military has to fight to purchase lauded IED buster

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Navy has planned to buy about 480 of the aircraft-carrier version of the F-35, even as the stealth fighter's costs have skyrocketed and the Navy prepares to shrink its fleet of ships for lack of money. A magazine column by Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the chief of naval operations, suggests they may not be needed. (U.S. Air Force via Associated Press)

Navy admiral hints at jettisoning F-35 fighter

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., is shown in an undated photo from his driver's license. (AP Photo/Courtesy of WBZ-TV, Boston)

Mass. man to plead in plot to bomb Capitol, Pentagon

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

The dining room has hardwood flooring, a cathedral ceiling and French doors that lead onto the deck. It opens into the two-story living room.

Resale of the week: Open contemporary in Annandale

By Michele Lerner SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Guard, reservists get paid more than active-duty troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A National Guardsman stops a motorist from driving down Highway 14 north of Laporte, Colo., on Thursday,
June 17, 2012, as a stubborn wildfire burns in northern Colorado. (Associated Press)

Review: Changes needed in Guard, Reserve pay

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press