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Abandoned ammunition lies on the floor of an Ukrainian border troops military unit in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The compound was seized by pro-Russian rebels who collected large amounts of weapons and ammunition left behind by the Ukrainian troops.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ** FILE **

Liberty Ammunition wins $15.6M in patent theft case against Defense Department

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

HAZARDOUS: Fort McClellan in Alabama was the site of the only military facility in the U.S. to use live chemical weapons such as sulfur mustard and nerve agents. (Associated Press)

Pentagon puts budget concerns ahead of Fort McClellan troops’ welfare

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 9, 2000 photo, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera stands in front of one of her art pieces, a representation of a raft, in Havana. ( AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera)

BRUCE FEIN: No U.S. obligation to Cuban democracy advocates

By Bruce Fein

Members of the Ladies in White, a Cuban dissident group, participate in a demonstration Sunday in Havana. Cuban authorities have reportedly detained overnight dozens of pro-democracy and free speech activists this week, including at least three members of the nation's political opposition ahead of a planned protest art performance in Havana. (Associated Press)

Cuba crackdown on political dissidents tests Obama diplomatic outreach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 20, 2014 photo, Cuba’s head of North American affairs, Josefina Vidal, front row center, embraces Gerardo Hernandez, member "The Cuban Five," at the closing from a twice-annual legislative session at the National Assembly in Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba signals that extradition of U.S. fugitives off the table

By Michael Weissenstein and Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press

Guards escort a Guantanamo detainee carrying a book at the Camp 4 detention facility's open-air common area at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

U.S. offers $5M reward for Ibrahim al-Rubaysh, al Qaeda leader released from Gitmo in 2006

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un waves to spectators and participants of a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this July 27, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Key North Korean websites back online after shutdown

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. coy about North Korea Internet failure as retaliation speculation swirls

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Moeldoko said that the threat now presents an opportunity for the U.S.-Indonesian military relationship to expand (Associated Press)

Indonesia wants to aid U.S. in Islamic State fight, top military commander says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Put in stark terms, under President Obama's watch, inside America there now are fewer "chickens" in more "pots", while geopolitical risks surge higher putting international results for most companies in greater jeopardy, says Washington Times columnist Charles Ortel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CHARLES ORTEL: Under Obama, economic growth withers

By Charles Ortel

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Automakers to jointly probe air bags

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

MQ-9 Reaper drone fires a missile. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

‘Drone court’ should approve U.S. strikes, University of Utah law professor says

By Nate Carlisle - Associated Press

Last week in Geneva, Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, told the U.N. Committee Against Torture: "A little more than 10 years ago, our government was employing interrogation methods that, as President Obama has said, any fair-minded person would believe were torture." (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)

MICHAEL HAYDEN: State Department gives U.N. panel tools for CIA’s fall

By Mike Hayden

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez wipes sweat from his brow as he sits in the dugout before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. The U.S. government says New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez paid his cousin almost $1 million to keep secret Rodriguez's use of performance enhancing drugs. In court documents filed last week in Miami, federal prosecutors say Rodriguez paid $900,000 last year to settle a threatened lawsuit by Yuri Sucart, who had worked as Rodriguez's personal assistant. Sucart, in a letter from his lawyer, threatened to expose Rodriquez's PED use if he wasn't paid $5 million. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A-Rod paid cousin nearly $1 million in hush money, prosecutors say

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Blackfeet urge government to cancel energy leases

By Matt Volz - Associated Press

Huawei made its presence at a wireless trade show in Las Vegas this year. Some in Congress fear the Chinese telecommunications giant, said to have ties to China's military, poses a risk to national security with its deal to supply components to a supercomputer lab that is a defense contractor. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Chinese company tried to hack NSA using U.S. defense contractor

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - This Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, file photo shows a Twitter app on an iPhone screen, in New York. Twitter reports quarterly financial results on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Twitter sues FBI, DOJ to release NSA request info

Associated Press

President Barack Obama applauds as he pays tribute to disabled U.S. veterans at the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial dedication ceremony in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FEDEWA: Are the wheels coming off?

By Lawrence J. Fedewa

In this Sept. 8, 2014 photo, Irfan Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, discusses his lawsuit against the U.S. government in his Plantation, Fla. office. Khan worked hard to realize the American dream after arriving in the U.S. in 1994. He drove a taxi and operated a limousine company before landing a computer-related job in 2011 that promised a good living. Then Khan was accused of conspiring to send money to the Taliban. He spent 319 days in solitary confinement before federal prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges in June 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Man cleared in Taliban terror case suing US

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Safe passage: An American doctor exposed to Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone disembarks a Gulfstream jet in a Tyvek protection suit in Maryland. (Associated Press)

CDC spends $5 million to use Ebola jet it helped develop

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times