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Pentagon: No US deaths in Afghanistan in March

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Hagel acts to improve POW-MIA accounting effort

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2014 file photo, Brig Gen. Jeff Sinclair arrives to the Fort Bragg courthouse, for his sentencing hearing, in Fort Bragg, N.C. Sinclair, who was accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate, plead guilty to lesser charges in a plea deal reached with government prosecutors. As part of the Special Victims Counsel, Capt. Cassie L. Fowler said her sole mission was to protect the woman at the center of the case against Sinclair. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

New corps of military lawyers help rape victims

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

Sens. Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsey Graham say breathing new life into the Bush-era missile defense system — particularly by pursuing a "third site" in the Czech Republic — would be an effective way to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his use of military force to effect a swift annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. (Associated Press)

GOP senators back restoration of Bush-era missile defense to punish Putin over actions in Crimea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In pressure cooker: In the case of Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, charged with ethics violations and sexual assault in Afghanistan, the military judge said "unlawful command influence" tainted the prosecution. (Associated Press)

Political hunt for sex abusers puts military justice in peril, lawyers say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Rep. Hunter tells Navy: Skip tobacco ban, focus on budget and ships

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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Pentagon to triple cyber staff, build ‘elite’ force to thwart attacks

By Pauline Jelinek and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Hagel to host Asia meeting; travel to China, Japan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Senators urge end of deal to buy Russian choppers

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

A tank maneuvers near a former Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, outside Simferopol, Crimea, March 27, 2014. Russia last week completed the annexation of Crimea following a referendum in which an overwhelming number of residents voted to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. The vote, rejected by Ukraine and the West, was hastily called after Russian forces had overtaken the peninsula.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine’s top security official: Individual sanctions in Russia not enough

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s three-front war against U.S.

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

Marine: Beaufort on track to get 1st F-35 in June

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 3, 2004 file photo, security personnel wait to inspect vehicles entering Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. A sailor was fatally shot at the world's largest naval base late Monday, March 24, 2014, and security forces killed a male civilian suspect, base spokeswoman Terri Davis said. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Mort Fryman)

Navy shooting raises questions on credentials

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept, 14, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan military guard standing in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during the visit of President Mohammed el-Megarif, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate. The Pentagon says Congress’ multiple investigations of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, have cost the department millions of dollars and thousands of hours of personnel time. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Pentagon says Benghazi probes cost millions

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Obama to kill Navy’s Tomahawk, Hellfire missile programs in budget decimation

By Adam Kredo - Washington Free Beacon

Lt. j.g. Kyle Atakturk, left, and Lt. j.g. Nicholas Horton, naval aviators assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, pilot a P-8A Poseidon during a March 19, 2014 mission to assist in search and rescue operations for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. VP-16 is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric A. Pastor/Released)

U.S. military gears up for effort to locate Malaysian Airlines plane’s black box

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Lockheed Martin Corp. security personnel guard the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a workhorse aircraft for the Navy, Air Force and Marines, which received the funding President Obama requested, as well as $465 million for an alternate engine the Pentagon does not want. (Associated Press)

Lockheed’s troubled F-35 fighter jet wins big S. Korean order

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

S. Korea worries over Pentagon’s budget woes

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

USS Kidd and USS Pinckney. (Image: U.S. Navy)

Pentagon spends $2.5 million in Flight 370 search

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. may free suspected Osama bin Laden bodyguard at Gitmo

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times