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**FILE** Afghan detainees, seen through a mesh wire fence, prepare for noon prayers on March 23, 2011, inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan, U.S. sign deal on prison handover

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

U.S. troops may face trial over suicide

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S. Army Pvt. Danny Chen (Associated Press/U.S. Army)

U.S. troops may go on trial over Afghanistan suicide

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 24, 2012, file photo, Afghans shout anti-American slogans during an anti-U.S. protest in Ghani Khail, east of Kabul, Afghanistan over the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Conflicting accounts over Afghan Koran burnings

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

An Afghan protestor holds a copy of Islam's holy book Koran as he shouts slogans during an anti-U.S. demonstration on Feb. 22, 2012, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Probe of Afghan Koran burning nearing completion

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Army identifies remains of last missing soldier in Iraq

Associated Press

This scene from the film "Act of Valor" showcases active-duty Navy SEALs. Military commanders beginning five years ago allowed a small, independent film company to turn live training exercises into a feature-length movie with recruiting in mind. (Associated Press)

‘Act of Valor’ accomplishes mission of educating public

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghans demonstrate outside Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, to protest the improper disposal and burning of Korans and other Islamic religious materials at the U.S. base. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

U.S. apologizes for Quran burnings in Afghanistan

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Marine Sgt. Monica Perez (left) of San Diego helps Lance Cpl. Mary Shloss of Hammond, Ind., put on her head scarf before heading out on a patrol in the village of Khwaja Jamal in the Helmand province of Afghanistan in August 2009. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Attacks by Afghans on U.S. forces increase

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan policemen walk ahead of the U.S. soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a foot patrol Jan. 7, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

U.S. lawmakers: Stop insider attacks by Afghan troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HEINRICHS: Hillary’s misguided space arms control

By Rebeccah L. Heinrichs - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich greets supporters after a town hall meeting Jan. 20, 2012, at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gingrich backs portion of Dream Act

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

New space-arms control initiative draws concern

By Bill Gertz - Special to The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (center) is joined Jan. 6, 2012, at a campaign event in Conway, S.C., by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (left) and wife Ann. (Associated Press)

Romney raps Obama in S.C.; GOP rivals pile on in N.H.

By Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

** FILE ** This undated file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private suspected of being the source of some of the unauthorized classified information disclosed on the WikiLeaks website. (AP Photo, File)

Manning’s sexual orientation is raised at military hearing

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

ON THEIR OWN: Iraqi army soldiers train with an M1 Abrams tank, purchased from the U.S., during an exercise in Baghdad.

Gear galore left in Iraq as last troops pull out

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama welcomes a servicewoman in a maintenance hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday. She told returnees that the president kept his promise "to responsibly bring you home from Iraq." (Associated Press)

Obama welcomes troops from Iraq

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, al-Maliki mark end of Iraq war

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times