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The House overwhelmingly approved a landmark bill to help veterans avoid long waits for health care that have plagued the Veterans Affairs Department for years.
The European Union formally adopted sanctions today curbing arms sales to Russia and cutting off financing for targeted banks over Moscow's support for rebels in Ukraine.
Report: Colin Powell, others kept in dark about CIA techniques after 9/11.
To balance readiness today and modernization tomorrow, the Air Force's fiscal 2015 budget request is shrinking like today's defense budget thanks to Congress's own priorities and the approaching threat of sequestration in 2016.
The Secretary of the Air Force stood by her department's proposal to retire the A-10 fleet, arguing the United States has plenty of replacements available should the nation land in an armed conflict.
NATO: Number of Russian troops on Ukraine border rising.
Democratic senators joined their Republican colleagues in calling for some U.S. military aid to Ukraine after receiving a closed-door briefing from senior Obama administration officials.
Ukraine said it had suspended offensive operations in its military campaign in east Ukraine to help international experts reach the downed Malaysian airliner's crash site but separatists were continuing to attack its positions.
Iron Dome: The White House said it "strongly opposes" a Republican-crafted emergency spending bill, in part because it contains no funds for an Israeli missile defense system.
The United Nations in Gaza is struggling to withstand a flood of almost a quarter of a million refugees into shelters that have repeatedly come under Israeli fire.
Two advocacy groups are suing the Veterans Affairs Department for what they say are the department's discriminatory practices regarding compensation claims related to service-connected sexual assault.
Despite ongoing restrictions on the fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the U.S. Air Force's top general warned against being "alarmist" when discussing the fifth-generation jet's engine.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released in a prisoner swap with the Taliban two months ago, will meet next week with Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl who is investigating the circumstances of his capture in Afghanistan.
Air Force: Stowaway triggers security review.
LCS alternative: For those of you with July 31 marked on your calendars as a red-letter day in the U.S. Navy's Small Surface Combatant program - hold that thought.
Servicemembers can soon expect faster forwarding times on mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service to APO addresses after moving.
11 of the most beautiful drone videos shot by you.
Sometimes you want a room with a view. Sometimes you want a bunker that's walled-off to the world. Why not have both?
Here's a funny compilation of terrible special effects in big-budget movies.
GQ ranks the best albums of this century.
This list from i09 rounds up the greatest sci-fi comedies.
Don't expect a Led Zeppelin reunion anytime soon.
Must watch: Cocoa farmers trying chocolate for the first time.
Oh, great. Who's going to clean up this mess?
LINK: Original photo by Spc. Lisa Vines, 382nd Public Affairs Detachment
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