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Groups demand new probe into Marine photo

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U.S. Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cutting defense now would be detrimental

The Washington Times

**FILE** This image made on Jan. 12, 2012, from an undated video posted on the Internet by a YouTube user self-identified as "semperfiLoneVoice" shows men in U.S. Marine combat gear standing in a semicircle over three bodies. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta branded as "utterly despicable" the video purporting to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. (Associated Press)

Marines name general to handle video probes

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

**FILE** This image made on Jan. 12, 2012, from an undated video posted on the Internet by a YouTube user self-identified as "semperfiLoneVoice" shows men in U.S. Marine combat gear standing in a semicircle over three bodies. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta branded as "utterly despicable" the video purporting to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. (Associated Press)

Officials close to identifying Marines in urination video

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, to discuss defense strategic guidance. From left are Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army chief of staff; Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta; Gen. James F. Amos, Marine Corps commandant; Navy Secretary Ray Mabus; Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s war plan pins hopes on peace

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. ordered to pay family $17.8 million in fatal crash of fighter

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

The FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, is a hostile work environment, according to a class-action lawsuit that claims gender discrimination and sexual harassment. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FBI shooting range is popular deer hangout

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by Knights Out, Brenda S. "Sue" Fulton is shown. President Barack Obama has appointed Fulton, a founding board member of OutServe, an association of actively serving gay military personnel, to the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors. Fulton is also co-founder and executive director of Knights Out, an organization of gay West Point graduates, and graduated in 1980 with the first West Point class to include women. She's the first openly gay member of the Academy's board. (AP Photo/Knights Out, Joe Galioto)

Three months on, ‘don’t ask’ repeal gets mixed review

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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For Marine, a rush to judgment and a belated vindication

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Mila Kunis keeps promise to be Marine’s date

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Sgt. Scott Moore and his guest, actress Mila Kunis stand during the National Anthem at the 236th Marine Corps birthday ball for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division in Greenville, N.C., on Friday Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Cpl. Johnny Merkley)

Mila Kunis keeps promise to be Marine’s date

Associated Press

Timberlake attends Va Marine Corps Ball

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Justin Timberlake attends Va. Marine Corps Ball

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Cpl. Kelsey De Santis and her date, Justin Timberlake, applaud the guest speaker at Friday night's Marine Corps Ball in Richmond, Va. (Marine Corps Base Quantico Public Affairs via Associated Press)

Taking Names: Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney teaming up for summer tour

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** A security officer walks on the roof of the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Pentagon battle concept has Cold War posture on China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (Associated Press)

Military chiefs warn against bigger defense cuts

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

General: Cuts risk Marines’ war-fighting missions

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Marathon: Constitution Avenue construction alters race’s route

By Steve Nearman - Special to The Washington Times

Members of the Montford Point Marines train with artillery in New River, N.C., in April 1945. The House voted 422-0 Tuesday to award the unit the Congressional Gold Medal. "They served with great valor and distinction and loved their country more than their country loved them at the time," Rep. Brad Miller, North Carolina Democrat, said. (U.S. Marine Corps via Associated Press)

Congress honors first unit of black Marines in WWII

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press