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** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at a Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gen. Martin Dempsey: U.S. viewing decades-old Russian readiness plan

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2009, U.S. Marine Capt. Zachary Martin, Golf Company commander of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines of the 2nd MEB patrols with a squad through the empty town of Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Three years after its residents fled, the once bustling town of Now Zad is the scene of a stalemate between U.S. Marines and Taliban insurgents and an example of the challenges facing the U.S. administration even as it sends 21,000 extra Marines and soldiers to the south to try and turn around a bogged down, 8-year-long war. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

DoD fires 9 active-duty company commanders serving in Afghanistan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos ordered the officer overseeing a Taliban desecration case to "crush" the defendants shown in a video, court-martial all of them and kick them out of the Corps, according to witnesses. (Associated Press)

Marine Corps whistleblower lands new Pentagon position

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a mission July 5, 2014, in Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo.

Obama orders Pentagon advisers to Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 20, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obey: Pentagon research indicates social media can be used to control people like robots

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

MH17: Pro-Russian separatists to blame for downed Malaysia jet, initial U.S. intel reports suggest

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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

Pentagon, Arlington to train for shooter situation

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds execute a maneuver while visitors watch from Falcon Stadium after the graduation ceremonies of the Class of 2009. This was the 51st graduating class, and consisted of 1,046 newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants (US Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Air Force command nominee is 1st woman, non-pilot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S., China to participate in unprecedented joint ground force exercise

By Maggie Ybarra and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Afghan Air Force C-130 sits on the flightline at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul International Airport, Kabul Afghanistan, on April 20, 2014.

Pentagon pays $100M for planes Afghans won’t use: watchdog

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

This May 5, 2011, photo shows Rep. Walter Jones, North Carolina Republican, speaking on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) ** FILE **

DoD, Congress spar over proposed $5B counterterrorism fund

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The first F-35A Lightning II to land at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrives Sept. 13, 2013. (Image: U.S. Air Force photo/Alex R. Lloyd) ** FILE **

F-35 fighter jet given limited OK to resume flying

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Bergdahl returned to active duty

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State, has rarely been photographed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi formerly a U.S. captive

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: A Year in Review: $73B of fiscal waste identified for the taxpayer

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Iraqis sign up for military service to help battle an al Qaeda-inspired militant army intent on capturing Baghdad International Airport and eventually the capital itself. (Associated Press)

Islamic militants aim to take Baghdad airport

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State, delivers a sermon posted on social media outlets that the militants use. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: We’ll give Obama a drone strike with al-Baghdadi’s name on it

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

Pentagon considering raising cap on illegal immigrant children housed at bases

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times