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** FILE ** Pentagon press secretary George Little (center) takes part in an audio news conference with Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Clark of the Air Force Special Operations Command (pictured on a television top right) at the Pentagon on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

U.S. cites ‘misunderstanding’ in deadly Pakistan operation

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

The Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag undergoes its second round of sea trials in the Yellow Sea. Michele Flournoy, the Pentagon's undersecretary of defense for policy, says it has been "anticipated for a while." (Digital Globe)

Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Gingrich tough on women, gays in military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey, New York Democrat (Associated Press)

Argentine grandmothers seek babies stolen during ‘dirty war’

By Kelly Hearn — Special to The Washinton Times

T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times

Documentary explores unsolved case of Israeli attache’s death

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)

Pentagon conducts budget war games

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rachel Alon-Margalit (left) and her older sister Yael Alon-Rosenshain, daughters of Israeli air force military attache Joseph Alon, who was killed outside their Chevy Chase home in 1973, are pictured at the home of a friend as they prepare for the screening of a documentary on the case. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Unsolved mystery: Who shot Israeli military attache Joseph Alon outside home in D.C. suburb?

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl M. Levin pressed for a probe of a government briefing program, but no misconduct was found. (Associated Press)

Pentagon’s inspector general finds no misconduct in briefing program

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Washington Times)

MILLER: Defense on the chopping block

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration by Paul Tong

NEWTON: Unwanted missile system at a crossroads

By Robert Newton - The Washington Times

The Navy Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more than six decades. But federal budget woes and proposed deficit cutting have some inside and outside the military raising questions about the millions it costs annually to produce military air shows. (Associated Press)

Will economy clip Angels’ wings?

By Melissa Nelson - Associated Press

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Fred Grandy

GAFFNEY: Supercommittee trap for conservatives

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

House panel seeks briefing on senator’s contacts with Pentagon IG

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Maj. Sequana Robinson models a woman's combat uniform on Saturday, March 31, 2011, at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Associated Press)

Agreement elusive on women in combat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fred Charles Ikle

Cold War strategist Ikle dies; ex-Pentagon leader

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A security officer walks on the roof of the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Pentagon battle concept has Cold War posture on China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Visitors leave the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after opening ceremonies in October 2003. (AP Photo/Dee Marvin, File)

Pentagon taking closer look at Dover mortuary

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In defense of defense

The Washington Times

Kuwait: No plans to host more U.S. troops

Associated Press

'YELLING AND SCREAMING': Leon E. Panetta told the House Armed Services Committee that deep budget cuts would be "truly devastating." (Associated Press)

Critics on left hit Pentagon on talk of budget disasters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times