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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies June 13, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Pentagon holds first gay pride event

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Panetta not ordering gay pride events

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right), accompanied by Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 28, 2012, before the Senate Budget Committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)

Army told to spend or lose mobile tech funds

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies June 13, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Defense subcommittee during a hearing on the the Defense Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)

Congress won’t let Panetta close bases

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rebel fighters fire weapons in Benghazi, Libya, during the funeral of Abdul-Gader Al-Faitori, a rebel fighter who died after being injured a month earlier during combat with pro-Gadhafi forces. (Associated Press)

Libya becomes focal point for foiling terror

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A U.S. Special Forces soldier trains troops from Senegal in combat techniques in Kati, Mali, during a joint training exercise with units from several African armies in the Sahara Desert in June 2010. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb wants to put its footprint on the Arab Spring now that violence is fueling the uprisings. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou, File)

Pentagon: Libyan weapons entering African trouble spots

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies June 13, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Pentagon to salute gay troops

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Political leaders in Washington such as Gov. Chris Gregoire have talked about how their views on gay marriage have changed. (Associated Press)

Pentagon event to salute gay service members

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrat (Associated Press)

Glitch blocks funds for military suicide prevention

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Inside the Ring: Russian arms exporter under fire

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A man in Karachi, Pakistan, naps on Thursday, May 17, 2012, on one of the oil tankers used to transport NATO fuel supplies to neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the supply route to Afghanistan after American airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani troops along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in November. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Talks stall on reopening Pakistan supply routes to Afghanistan

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican

Pentagon could keep big weapons despite automatic spending cuts

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter soars over Destin, Fla., before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base. Purchasing more of the fighters would be off the table in 2014 if automatic federal spending cuts go into effect. (Associated Press)

Pentagon weapon systems can survive spending cuts

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Army troops from the 1st Battalion 320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, duck July 22, 2010, as an Afghan soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade towards insurgent positions at Combat Outpost Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Suicides are surging among U.S. troops

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

The extended peacetime competition with China "at its heart is a clash of visions for the international system," Rep. J. Randy Forbes, Virginia Republican, says. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Forbes pressures Obama

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pauses on May 10, 2012, during a briefing at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

House Republicans add half-billion dollars to Pentagon budget

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (Associated Press)

Defense official: Sequester would create ‘adsurdities’

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

TONELSON: U.S. must stop using China’s fake military parts

By Alan Tonelson - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Then Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy testifies on March 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Ex-Obama aide’s think tank hits defense budget

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Peter T. King called the Obama administration's collaboration with the makers of a film about Osama bin Laden "potentially dangerous." (Associated Press)

Hollywood offered access to SEAL

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times