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In this Jan. 21, 2014, photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel , is interviewed by The Associated Press about her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the military, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington. The Senate is heading for a showdown over contentious legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by taking away the authority of senior commanders to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses. A highly anticipated vote on the bill sponsored by Gillibrand, could come as early as Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate blocks change to military sex assault cases

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2014, photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel , is interviewed by The Associated Press about her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the military, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington. The Senate is heading for a showdown over contentious legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by taking away the authority of senior commanders to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses. A highly anticipated vote on the bill sponsored by Gillibrand, could come as early as Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate blocks change to military sex assault cases

By Donna Cassata and Richard Lardner - The Washington Times

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair leaves the courthouse following a day of motions, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Less than a month before Sinclair's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears Tuesday as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson)

General admits guilt on 3 counts; denies assault

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press

Agency-by-agency summary of Obama budget

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, Commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, told Congress on Wednesday that violence is expanding between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Middle East, and warned that Syria's conflict is producing a generation of terrorists. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Pentagon reevaluating Obama’s pivot to Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, where he recommended shrinking the Army to its smallest size since the buildup to U.S. involvement in World War II in an effort to balance postwar defense needs with budget realities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chuck Hagel, Gen. Martin Dempsey defend Pentagon troop reduction proposal

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

US options for Afghanistan: 0 to 10,000 US troops

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. In response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, Hagel said the U.S. was stepping up joint aviation training with Polish forces. The Pentagon also is increasing American participation in NATO's air policing mission in its Baltic countries, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US taking steps to help NATO allies in Europe

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

Academic majors among Air Force Academy cuts

Associated Press

2015 defense plan would keep links to Europe

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama’s 2015 budget appeals to Democrats

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Pentagon suspends military engagements with Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Inhofe: Obama’s military too weak to help Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, leaves the Senate Chamber on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Big or small, spending-cut efforts hit roadblocks

By CHARLES BABINGTON and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - This May 13, 2013 file photo shows a Mi-17 helicopter used by the Afghan Air Force at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Yuri Borisov’s performance on a lucrative U.S. military contract was dismal. Cost overruns. Blown deadlines. Forged paperwork. Yet that didn’t keep the Russian entrepreneur from winning more business with the Department of Defense, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. Borisov, who specializes in refurbishing Russian Mi-17 helicopters, had an ally in Bert Vergez, an Army colonel who ran an obscure DOD acquisition office in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall, File)

Odd couple at center of Russian helicopter inquiry

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Army Gen. Carter Ham has testified that he had told Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Joint Chiefs chairman, that Americans in Benghazi were under attack by terrorists, not demonstrators. He said both men agreed. (Associated Press)

Unasked questions fog facts on Benghazi

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Odd couple at center of Russian helicopter inquiry

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel addresses the media after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. NATO defense ministers, in a second day of meetings, discussed the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Governors unite against National Guard cuts

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans to make a shrinking armed forces even smaller. (Associated Press)

Pentagon budget from Defense Secretary Hagel erodes his legacy as a defense hawk

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Afghanistan's Taliban said in an emailed to the Associated Press Sunday Feb. 23, 2014 it has suspended &quot;mediation&quot; with the United States to exchange captive U.S. soldier Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay, halting _ at least temporarily _ what was considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old's freedom since his capture in 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Hagel appoints official to oversee Bowe Bergdahl release efforts

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times