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  1. Pakistani Taliban issue demands before peace talks

    The Pakistani Taliban demanded Sunday that the government release militant prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before they participate in peace talks, raising doubts about prospects for negotiations.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  2. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., speaks during a 2011 hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Key GOP chairman prepared to cut troop benefits

    A key Republican subcommittee chairman is ready to accept pay and benefits cuts for future service members, but he won't support base closing or significant force structure cuts.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  3. Corvias Military Living built this Randolph Pointe community and pool at Fort Bragg, N.C. Courtesy of Corvias Military Living

    Housing privatized at six more bases

    Airmen at six bases from Alaska to Florida will get new community centers or new or renovated homes — and in some cases all of the above — as part of a growing Defense Department effort to shift the costs of base housing to private companies.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  4. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, deliver statements Sept. 14 in Geneva, Switzerland. Kerry and Lavrov said Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons. Martial Trezzini / AP

    U.S.-Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons

    After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  5. McCain, Graham blast Syrian chemical weapons deal

    Two Republican senators who have sharply criticized President Barack Obama's foreign policy say a Syrian chemical weapons agreement hailed by the president is meaningless.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  6. 3 Afghans die as car bomber targets NATO troops

    An official said a suicide car bomber apparently aiming to hit a NATO-Afghan convoy near the southern city of Kandahar blew up early, killing at least three civilians.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
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    Vets finish Warrior Hike on Appalachian Trail

    After six months, four veterans have completed their hike of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, ending with a celebration at the summit of Mount Katahdin.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  7. Air Force quarterback Jaleel Awini fakes a handoff to running back Jon Lee during the second half against the Boise State Broncos at Bronco Stadium. Boise State defeated the Air Force 42-20. Brian Losness/USA Today Sports

    After good start, Falcons fall 42-20 to Boise State

    For quarterback Jaleel Awini and the rest of the Air Force offense, things were going well in the first half against Boise State Friday night.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  8. AF publishes list of sex assault convictions

    A newly published Air Force document includes all sexual assault convictions from 2010 through August of this year. It marks the first time the service has attempted to release such a list as it faces criticism for its handling of sex assault cases.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
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    Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News Police, firefighters and civilians line the highway as the hearse carrying Staff Sgt. Todd J. Lobraico Jr.'s body drives from New York to his hometown of New Fairfield, Conn.

    Fallen Air Guardsman remembered for bravery, kindness

    On Sept. 11, more than 1,000 people came to witness the return of the first New York Air National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan, a young staff sergeant who lived and died doing what he loved.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  9. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, U.N. Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, attend a press conference after their meeting Friday at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Kerry and Lavrov say the prospects for a resumption in the Syria peace process are riding on the outcome of their chemical weapons talks. ( Martial Trezzini / AP

    Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks

    Sec. John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday the prospects for resuming the Syrian peace process are riding on the outcome of U.S.-Russian talks aimed at securing Syria's chemical weapons.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  10. Congressman: Defense sequester exemption to be part of debt ceiling debate

    Defense hawks in the House of Representatives will try exempt the Defense Department from additional sequestration with a rider attached to must-pass legislation that would raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling, according to a key Republican

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  11. New survey: 3 of 4 post-9/11 vets have PTSD, anxiety

    More than three out of four injured post-9/11 veterans have post-traumatic stress disorder and roughly the same number suffer from major anxiety, according to a survey released Sept. 10 by Wounded Warrior Project.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  12. Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert DeNiro are a sociopathic mob couple hiding out in France in 'The Family.' Relativity Media

    Mob movie with French twist

    Every family is dysfunctional in its own unique way. But there's unique, and then there's the Blake family.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
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    AF expects F-35 upgrade, 2nd training squadron in the fall

    The Air Force's F-35 program is expected to reach two major milestones this fall: the adoption of an advanced software and weapons system on the single-engine jet, and the beginning of major pilot training at the service's second base for the fighter.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  13. Bombing in Sunni mosque in Iraq, attacks kill 33

    A bomb hidden inside an air conditioner exploded Friday at a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, the deadliest in a series of attacks in Iraq that killed 33 people, officials said.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  14. U.N.: Report will show chemical weapons use in Syria

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he believes there will be 'an overwhelming report' from U.N. inspectors that chemical weapons were used in an attack in Syria on Aug. 21.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  15. This Jan. 21, 2010 file photo shows 105mm shells containing mustard agent that are stored in a bunker at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. Three decades after the United States started destroying its own chemical weapons, the nation's stockpile stands at more than 3,000 tons — about three times what the U.S. now says Syrian President Bashar Assad controls. Ed Andrieski / AP

    In U.S. arsenal, lessons for Syria chemical weapons

    It's not easy or quick to get rid of a nation's chemical weapons. Just ask the United States.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  16. U.N. official: Iranian exiles' deaths a wake-up call

    The killing of dozens of members of an Iranian dissident group that the Iraqi government wants out of the country should be 'a wake-up call' to the international community, the acting U.N.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  17. Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight Friday near the U.S. consulate in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Hoshang Hashimi / AP

    Afghan Taliban attack U.S. Consulate, kill 2 Afghans

    Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  18. Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US

    Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to 'bleed' America financially.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
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    Arlington burial for WWII airmen from NY, Calif.

    The recently identified remains of a World War II airman from upstate New York and a pilot from California will be buried as a group next week at Arlington National Cemetery.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  19. Rights group: Syrian regime behind mass killings

    An international human rights group on Friday accused Syrian government forces and pro-regime militias of carrying out summary executions earlier this year that left at least 248 people dead in two predominantly Sunni Muslim towns along the Mediterranean

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  20. Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Friday at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Putin said today the global community should welcome Syria's decision to join a ban on chemical weapons, saying it shows the 'serious intentions' of Damascus. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP via Getty Images

    Putin hails Syria's action on chemical weapons ban

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Syria's move to join an international convention banning chemical weapons has proven its good faith and reaffirmed a strong warning to the U.S. not to use force.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  21. Kwast

    Head of Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review will stay put until review completed

    The head of Air Force's planning for the Quadrennial Defense Review will stay on the job until the review is completed early next year, then move to a new position at Air University, an Air Force spokesman said Friday.

    • Sep. 12, 2013

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