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U.S. drones fired missiles at Taliban hideouts in Pakistan killing at least 10 militants in response to a deadly attack on Karachi airport in the first such raids by unmanned CIA aircraft in six months.
On brink of disintegration: Another city falls in Iraq.
The al-Qaida-inspired group that led the charge in capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq this week vowed to march on to Baghdad.
The Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that would allow appropriators to begin work on the 2015 Intelligence Appropriations bill.
The Veterans Affairs Department is, by many accounts, broken, and Congress has a lot of ideas to fix it.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed emergency legislation on Veterans Affairs Department health visits and administrator accountability, paving the way for the reforms to become law in a matter of days.
The House adopted an amendment to allow veterans to apply for food stamps while their disability claims are pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
After two overwhelming votes in two days, members of Congress say they are confident they can agree on a bill to improve veterans' health care and send it to the president's desk by the end of the month.
US House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor's stunning primary defeat is a huge blow to the US defense sector, and could allow an up-and-coming GOP deficit hawk to replace Cantor, or even become House speaker.
Hagel testified before lawmakers, answering anger-laced questions about the negotiated release of Bowe Bergdahl.
The House Appropriations Committee approved funding for 38 of the fifth-generation fighters - four more than the Defense Department requested.
How the Army should pivot to Asia.
The Air Force just copped to its secret stealth drone.
Program offers partially paid break from Army.
Army develops first-of-its-kind phase-coherent fiber laser array system.
Networking brings international training to JBLM.
A 3,000 gallons per minute reverse osmosis water purification unit and two 3,000 gallon water bags were used in support of the Quartermaster Liquid Logistic Exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
NASA's real life Enterprise may take us to other star systems one day.
How a 3,000-car race would look if the Earth was the Moon.
The world's biggest TV can be yours for $1.7 million.
A new documentary tells the story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Finally: Puff Daddy/Diddy/Sean Combs released a music video inspired by Game of Thrones.
Be careful when you fry a drone over a beach in Connecticut. ...
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