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China says Pentagon hypes Chinese military threat
China's Defense Ministry has accused the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and its threat to Taiwan in a depiction that will ultimately ...
96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers and wounding at ...
Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday ...
Parents reveal secret attempts to free US soldier
Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man's parents have gone ...
House panel OKs missile defense site on East Coast
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon arguments that the ...
US panel OKs missile defense site on East Coast
The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon ...
House panel weighs higher 2013 US defense budget
The House Armed Services Committee pressed ahead Wednesday with a version of the 2013 U.S. defense budget that adds billions to President Barack ...
Pentagon sending trainers back into Yemen
The Pentagon said Tuesday it is sending military trainers back to Yemen for "routine" counterterrorism cooperation with Yemeni security forces amid ...
US, China to cooperate more on cyber threat
Asserting that cyberattacks against the U.S. do not come only from China, the U.S. and Chinese defense ministers said they agreed Monday to work ...
Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall
An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet ...
Long fight predicted in Guantanamo Sept. 11 case
The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, but the ...
Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier
A U.S. Army nurse in Afghanistan showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet ...
Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing
Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and his co-defendants tried to undermine their arraignment ...
9/11 defendants ignore judge at Guantanamo hearing
The second attempt to prosecute the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four men accused of helping orchestrate the plot got off ...
For 9/11 victims' families, hearing another ordeal
Moans, sighs and exclamations erupted Saturday as relatives of Sept. 11 victims watched four closed-circuit TV feeds from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that ...
Sept. 11 trial of 5 returns to Guantanamo
The man who once bragged about planning Sept. 11 "from A to Z" may mount a defense after all to charges that he orchestrated the worst terror attack ...
More doubts cast on European missile defense
A prestigious science group is casting more doubt on whether the Obama administration's Europe-based missile defense shield can protect the United ...
Afghanistan security deal Obama signed has holes
The 10-year security compact that President Barack Obama signed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai contains promises the United States and Afghanistan ...
Pratt & Whitney boss sees long-term strength
Pratt & Whitney expects military and commercial aerospace business will improve, but not for a while, the president of the jet engine manufacturer ...
US sees South America as possible China counter
In these days of shrinking U.S. defense budgets, the Obama administration is looking to South America to help monitor and protect the Asia-Pacific ...
Secret Service investigating another trip
The Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is investigating whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack ...
Pentagon official signals possible Army layoffs
A Pentagon official signaled on Wednesday that the Army could lay off as many as 24,000 enlisted personnel and up to 5,000 officers within five years ...