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New research links Iraqi dust to sick soldiers.
The release yesterday of former prisoner of war Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, after a years-long international effort to free him from nearly five years of captivity in Afghanistan, was an important day for U.S. troops and for the United States.
Those who worked for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release face mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won his freedom.
The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured U.S. soldier, and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace plan for the war-torn country.
Some of the veterans and soldiers who served with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl call him a deserter whose "selfish act" ended up costing the lives of better men.
The chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs committee has released details of a refashioned bill to address the problems plaguing the federally run veterans' health care system.
Al-Qaida has decentralized, yet it's unclear whether the terrorist network is weaker and less likely to launch a Sept. 11-style attack against the United States, as President Obama says, or remains potent despite the deaths of several leaders.
The Defense Department is pushing for more transparency in providing information on international drone strikes in countries such as Yemen, while still not releasing drone strike data for its continued operations in Afghanistan.
The U.S. defense sector is having a remarkable year on Capitol Hill. In fact, it is batting 1.000 so far, with three of four congressional defense panels protecting weapon programs and adding funds to buy platforms the military didn't even request.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel that oversees defense spending has added funding next year for EA-18 electronic warfare jets, but not A-10 attack planes.
As his West Point speech reaffirmed, President Obama doesn't have his own brand of foreign policy.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's go-to weapon system is not found on any base, in any hangar or aboard any ship. It's a review.
MacArthur Leadership Awards go to 28 officers.
Air Force Academy grad follow sisters - alums of West Point and Annapolis.
Star Trek is hilariously ridiculous when you eliminate the camera shake.
How to take eye-popping pictures of tiny bugs.
Sad News: Ann B. Davis (Alice from The Brady Bunch) has died.
Only 564 days to go to Star Wars Episode VII.
Cameron's house from Ferris Bueller's Day Off sold (for less than expected).
Arsenio Hall's show has been canceled.
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