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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,176

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Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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Vietnam veterans sue military over PTSD

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN - Associated Press

Alamosa County to get its own armored vehicle

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National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith Alexander testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Continued Oversight of U.S. Government Surveillance Authorities" . (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S. military not prepared for cyber warfare, commander warns

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** In this June 18, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Officials: Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Premier Dmitry Medvedev watch the men's 4x10 km cross-country relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Inside the Ring: All eyes on Moscow’s military moves in Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,174

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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)

Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout

By JULIE PACE - 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

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. A U.S. military drone strike in Yemen in December 2013 may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding and injured others, including the bride, a human rights group says. U.S. officials say only members of al-Qaida were killed, but they have refused make public the details of two U.S. investigations into the incident.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Report: US drone may have killed dozen civilians

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,173

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U.S. soldiers and Afghan security forces search the site where a suicide attacker rammed a car bomb into a NATO convoy killing two foreign civilian contractors, in the Afghan capital Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. The Islamic militant group Hizb-i-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack in eastern Kabul, saying it would drive all foreign forces from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan frees detainees U.S. says were linked to deadly attacks on soldiers

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 9 AND THEREAFTER - This photo taken Jan. 31, 2104 shows Tina Wilson, who was a victim of sexual assault while serving in the Navy, outside of her brothers home in Del City, OK. Wilson left the Navy in 2009 and is now pursuing a degree in Sports Science at Rose State College. 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/Nick Oxford)

Documents reveal chaotic military sex-abuse record

By YURI KAGEYAMA and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

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

This photo taken Jan. 31, 2104 shows Tina Wilson, who was a victim of sexual assault while serving in the Navy, outside of her brothers home in Del City, OK. Wilson left the Navy in 2009 and is now pursuing a degree in Sports Science at Rose State College. 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/Nick Oxford)

Documents reveal chaotic military sex-abuse record

By YURI KAGEYAMA and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2014 file photo shows parts of more than 1,000 summaries of sex-crime cases involving U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan, which The Associated Press obtained following Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service, displayed at the AP office 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, File)

AP findings on US military sex crimes in Japan

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