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    Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks to the media outside the White House after a meeting with President Obama on Sept. 3. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    SASC chairman: Expect 2014 budget cliffhanger

    A cliffhanger finish to the 2014 defense budget is forecast by the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, leaving doubts right to the end of the year about funding levels, the size of the military pay raise and potential changes in how the military jus

    • Sep. 15, 2013
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    President Obama reaches to shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 5. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama: Russia doesn't share U.S. 'values' in Syria

    President Obama says a U.S.-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
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    Officials tone down expectations for 2013 CFC drive

    Expectations are not high for this year's Combined Federal Campaign, given problems with the economy and the federal budget woes that have affected some government employees.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
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    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
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    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
  1. 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
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    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
  2. 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
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    A ground-based missile interceptor is lowered into its silo during an emplacement at the Missile Defense Complex at Fort Greely, Alaska, in 2007. Sgt. Jack W. Carlson III/US Army

    Sites for potential East Coast missile defense plan selected

    The Missile Defense Agency is looking at five potential locations to house a controversial third domestic ground-based interceptor site, which would guard the continental United States against ballistic missile attack.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
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    Budget uncertainty hurting morale, VFW warns

    Budget cuts are taking a toll on deployed forces, with both service members and civilians 'very worried about what's going on in Washington,' says a senior member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  3. An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepares to launch Tuesday from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Red Sea. MC3 Nathan R. McDonald / AP

    SECNAV's message to Assad: We're not going anywhere

    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus had a none-too-subtle reminder Wednesday for Syrian President Bashar Assad.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
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    Va. Senators lobby to host AFRICOM headquarters

    Virginia's two senators are championing an effort to move the Africa Command headquarters from Germany to their state.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
  4. Haunting memories of 9/11 shape Syria debate

    Twelve years on, haunting memories of Sept. 11 are shaping the debate over what to do about Syria.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
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    Navy Quartermaster Matthew Konchan, of Johnstown, Pa., stands in a field of black-eyed Susans on Sept. 11 as he waits to participate in a wreath laying during a memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. Gene J. Puskar / AP

    Photo gallery: 9/11 anniversary a time of remembrance, reflection

    A nation that just stepped back from the brink of conflict with Syria paused Wednesday to honor and reflect on the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11, the day terrorist attacks spurred two other long-running conflicts in the Middle East.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
  5. A Syrian man mourning over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces in Damascus, Syria. At least eight massacres have been perpetrated in Syria by President Bashar Assad's regime and supporters and one by rebels over the past year and a half, a U.N. commission said Wednesday. AP

    U.N. probe: 8 massacres by Syria regime, 1 by rebels

    At least eight massacres have been perpetrated in Syria by President Bashar Assad's regime and supporters and one by rebels over the past year and a half, a U.N. commission said Wednesday.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
  6. Syrian refugee, Mohammed Ahmed, 20, right, who fled his home with his family from Baba Amro, Syria, carries his son Wednesday at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour, Bekaa Valley. Negotiations have begun on a proposed U.N. resolution that would put Syria's chemical weapons under international control, but there have been no reports of discussions aimed at ending the civil war. Hussein Malla / AP

    Privately, U.N. talks begin on Syria chemical arms

    Tense negotiations have begun on a proposed U.N. resolution that would put Syria's chemical weapons under international control and end a diplomatic stalemate over a deadly suspected poison gas attack, a French official said Wednesday.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
  7. Syrians hold photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on March 4, 2012, during a pro-Syrian regime protest in front of the Russian embassy in Damascus, Syria. Muzaffar Salman / AP

    Russia may up Iran arms sales if U.S. strikes Syria

    Russia could expand arms sales to Iran and revise the terms allowing U.S. military transit to Afghanistan if Washington launches a strike on Syria, a senior Russian lawmaker said Wednesday.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
  8. Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions Feb. 26, near the town of Maarat al-Numan, Syria. The cause of rebels has been obscured in the rapid military and diplomatic events following last month's chemical weapons attack near Damascus, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Hussein Malla / AP

    McCain: Rebels fighting Assad feel abandoned by U.S.

    The cause of rebels fighting Syria's President Bashar Assad has been obscured in the rapid military and diplomatic events following last month's chemical weapons attack near Damascus, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Wednesday.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
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    Levin confident Senate takes up NDAA before holidays

    The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee is confident the full chamber will take up a Pentagon policy bill before it heads home for the holidays.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
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    President Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the White House on Sept. 10. President Obama blended the threat of military action with the hope of a diplomatic solution as he works to strip Syria of its chemical weapons. Evan Vucci / AP

    Obama puts Syria strike clock on hold

    Despite the frantic pace of events over the past two days which has shifted the ground on the debate in Washington over whether to launch military strikes on the Assad regime in Syria, U.S.

    • Sep. 10, 2013
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    President Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the White House on Sept. 10. President Obama blended the threat of military action with the hope of a diplomatic solution as he works to strip Syria of its chemical weapons. Evan Vucci / AP

    Obama tells nation he's pursuing diplomacy with Syria

    President Obama told the nation Tuesday he is exploring a Russian diplomatic plan to end a chemical weapons dispute in Syria, but reserves the right to take military action if necessary.

    • Sep. 10, 2013
  9. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, left, gives a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Sept.9 following a meeting in Moscow. Muallem said Tuesday that Damascus is ready to sign an international agreement banning chemical weapons and pledged to open its storage sites and provide full disclosure immediately. Yuri Kadobnov / AFP via Getty Images

    Syrian FM: Syria will sign arms ban, open storage sites

    Syria's foreign minister said Tuesday that Damascus is ready to sign an international agreement banning chemical weapons and pledged to open its storage sites and provide full disclosure immediately.

    • Sep. 10, 2013
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    House panel rolls out short-term 2014 CR

    A House panel introduced legislation to avert a government shutdown by funding the Pentagon and other federal agencies at fiscal 2013 levels until mid-December.

    • Sep. 10, 2013

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