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FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives to brief 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)

Pentagon reverses course on costly futuristic warship

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Then-President Barack Obama walks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the tarmac upon his arrival at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on May 29, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama announces federally funded Chicago high-tech hub

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., asks a question of the panel during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John McCain places hold on Obama Defense Department nominees

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the Afghan National Agriculture Science and Technology University accompanied by Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. A total 4.5 million U.S. dollars has been spent by the government of India in building the university. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Obama plans complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by year’s end

By Ben Wolfgang and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel 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)

Congress skeptical about plan to shrink military

By BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon. A U.S. official says that as part of the proposed 2015 defense budget, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel is recommending shrinking the Army to its smallest size in decades. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hagel says US military must shrink to face new era

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, speak at a press conference at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Monday, February 24, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Chuck Hagel: U.S. can afford diminished military

By Maggie Ybarra and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** The F-35 stealth jet. (U.S. Air Force via Associated Press)

War’s New Frontier: DOD presses for EMF spectrum used by cell phones for next generation weapons

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, was killed in Afghanistan in 2008 in the battle of Wanat. Critics of the M4 have long pointed to that battle as evidence that the rifle's design is flawed. (U.S. Army)

Army historian says report on deadly Afghan battle was altered to absolve faulty gun

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire at an enemy bunker during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 1, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock)

Troops left to fend for themselves after Army was warned of flaws in M4 carbine assault rifle

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, a Marine combat veteran who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, called Wednesday for an audit of all U.S. government secrecy standards. (Associated Press)

Lawmaker hits confusion in efforts to free U.S. sergeant

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

US: Taliban struck shortly after insider attack

Associated Press

Christian Marrone helped send his father-in-law and former boss to prison and blamed the culture of south Philadelphia politics for his own actions. (defense.gov)

GOP lawmakers press Obama admin on background check of Homeland aide tied to Pa. scandals

By Jim McElhatton and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

This photo taken Jan. 26, 2014 shows Catherine Fisher of Australia speaking during an interview at her home in Tokyo. An Associated Press investigation into the military’s handling of sexual assaults in Japan has found a pattern of random and inconsistent judgments in which most offenders are not incarcerated. Instead, commanders have ordered “nonjudicial punishments” that ranged from docked pay to a letter of reprimand. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

AP probe: Handling of military sex-crimes chaotic

By YURI KAGEYAMA and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he’s an American citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it has not completed. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama officials weigh drone attack on US suspect

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. Hagel is ordering military leaders to put a renewed emphasis on moral behavior across the force following a series of ethical lapses that have included cheating scandals among the Navy and Air Force's nuclear missions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hagel orders urgent push for ethics crackdown

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. Hagel is ordering military leaders to put a renewed emphasis on moral behavior across the force following a series of ethical lapses that have included cheating scandals among the Navy and Air Force's nuclear missions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdown

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press