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House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, and GOP leaders face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, and GOP leaders face reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Huge budget bill aims to show Congress’ mettle

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

GOP Senator: Budget cuts affect survivor benefits

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013, file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top congressional negotiators released on Jan. 13, 2014, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. The 1,582-page bill was released after weeks of negotiations between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., and Senate counterpart Mikulski, who kept a tight lid on the details. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Huge spending bill would bury budget battles

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

An artist's illustration of DARPA's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) travelling at 13,000 mph, or Mach 20, during its Aug. 11, 2011 test flight.

Hypersonic arms race: China tests high-speed missile to beat U.S. defenses

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

Marine Corps Sgt. Jessica Domingo (right) and Cpl. Daisy Romero, part of a female engagement team, worked with infantry Marines in Afghanistan by engaging women and children in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (Associated Press)

DONNELLY: Lowering female Marines’ physical standards puts politics before readiness

By Elaine Donnelly

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In harm’s way for ‘social issues’

By our readers

Alonzo Hersford Cushing was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge, for which he earned the Medal of Honor 147 years after his death.

TIMELESS: Medal of Honor approved for Civil War and Vietnam veterans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Military not ‘pivoting’

By our readers

** FILE ** U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2009. (Associated Press)

Marines evacuate more than 20 personnel from U.S. Embassy in South Sudan

Associated Press

A U.S. Army cultural support team member with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force scans the terrain while sitting in a Humvee in Sarobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2013. Team members traveled to multiple villages in order to speak with women and children about issues within their community and to address their medical needs. (DoD photo by Spc. Sara Wakai, U.S. Army/Released)

Pentagon pivots to social issues; providing for common defense a lower priority

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offended Beijing by calling its navy "irresponsible" after the near collision of a U.S. guided missile cruiser and a Chinese vessel Dec. 5. A Communist Party news outlet said Mr. Hagel "shows U.S. hegemony addiction." (associated press)

Inside the Ring: Senate to block ICBM cuts

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, brief reporters at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Hagel commented on the Congressional budget deal and took questions about Pakistan and Afghanistan from reporters. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

With demise of Pentagon’s ‘Early Bird,’ military readers hunt bootleg copies of ‘Morning News’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 19, 2013, photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes questions as he briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington. Veterans groups are fighting part of the new budget deal signed into law Dec. 20 that curbs annual pension increases for military retirees under age 62. After a barrage of protests from the military community, lawmakers said they'll review the cut next year and possibly reverse it.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Military pension cuts now unsure; changes likely

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

** 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)

Pentagon to review case of Marine who defied general in Taliban defilement case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times