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A group of concerned citizens in Vermont is suing the Air Force to prevent F-35 jets from being based at a local airport. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin/Released)

Military grounds all F-35 jets during fire probe

Associated Press

A burned Iraqi army vehicle on a street after clashes between followers of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi and ISIL in Karbala. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: No Iraq invasion unless U.S. homeland is threatened

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker to be refueled May 19, 2014, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. (U.S. Air Force photo)

F-22 Raptors deployed to confront China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China shows a mock up of a next generation attack submarine at a military university. (International Assessment and Strategy Center)

Inside the Ring: China moves to beef up naval fleet with new attack subs

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A GAO report requested by Sen. Tom Coburn found the Pentagon pays more for prescription drugs than does either Medicare or Medicaid. (Associated press)

Pentagon cited on prescription drug expenditures

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

Children are held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. Thousands of children crossing alone into the U.S. can live in American cities, attend public schools and possibly work for years without consequences. (Associated Press)

Pentagon approaching cap for housing immigrant children at military bases

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, said President Obama's liberal spending on green initiatives is at the expense of a robust and ready U.S. military. He is looking for ways to change that. (Associated Press)

GOP: Cost of ‘green’ initiatives is U.S. security

By Kelly Riddell - 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 secretary gets sick flying with Thunderbirds

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 21, 2007 file photo show a MQ-1 Predator controlled by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron stands on the tarmac at Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad, Iraq. A Pentagon official says the U.S. has started flying armed drones over Baghdad to protect U.S. civilians and military forces in the Iraqi capital. The official said the flights started in the last 24 to 48 hours to bolster manned and unmanned reconnaissance flights the military has been sending over violence-wracked Iraq in recent weeks. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the new flights on the record. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) **FILE**

U.S. flying armed drones over Iraq: Pentagon

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Former Navy SEAL Chris Beck chronicles the transformation to a woman, Kristin Beck, in her new book "Warrior Princess."

SEAL Team 6’s Kristin Beck: Transgender recruiting tool for Pentagon

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A destroyed Iraqi army humvee is left behind outside of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, more than two weeks after the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic Sate of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over the country's second largest city. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Mideast nations on Wednesday against taking new military action in Iraq that might heighten already-tense sectarian divisions, as reports surfaced that Syria launched airstrikes across the border and Iran has been flying surveillance drones over the neighboring country. (AP Photo)

Additional U.S. forces arriving in Iraq

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers an annual New Year's Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) ** FILE **

Inside the Ring: North Korea on ‘The Interview’: Kill Kim? Die, USA!

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Presidential Palace, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks after casting his vote at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Despite Taliban threats of violence, many Afghans vow to cast ballots in Saturday&#8217;s presidential runoff vote with hopes that whoever replaces Karzai will be able to provide security and stability after international forces wind down their combat mission at the end of this year. (AP Photo/Presidential Palace)

Karzai, presidential candidates not on deputy defense secretary’s Afghanistan agenda

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pakistan military chief quietly meets with Pentagon brass to smooth relations

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Volunteers in the newly formed "Peace Brigades" participate in a parade near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, after called for by the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr to form brigades to protect Shiite holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Obama to send 300 special ops forces to Iraq

By Dave Boyer and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

During a commencement address to West Point cadets last month, Mr. Obama called on Congress to fund a new $5 billion counterterrorism plan to "train, build capacity and facilitate partner countries on the front lines" of the war on terror. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Congress in dark on counterterror plan before Obama speech at West Point

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focusing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two Iraqi divisions dissolved, Gen. Dempsey tells Senate panel

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Image: Office of Naval Research

Pentagon: Enemy drones don’t worry us because we have laser weapons on deck

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Andrew Garfield portrays as Spider-Man in Columbia Pictures' "The Amazing Spider-Man." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures)

Pentagon breakthrough will give troops Spider-Man’s wall-crawling ability during urban warfare

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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Pentagon: Benghazi suspect in U.S. custody

By Dave Boyer and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times