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  1. Police respond to the report of a shooting Monday at the Navy Yard. One shooter is confirmed dead and police are on the lookout for two other possible gunmen. Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images

    Reports: 12 dead, suspects sought in Navy shooting

    A manhunt was underway for two more possible shooters after at least 12 people were killed and several others wounded Monday at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters here, Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  2. Pararescuemen secure the area after being lowered from an HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan. The Air Force may not replace the aging rescue helicopter. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Air Force

    AF considers scrapping A-10s, KC-10s, F-15Cs, CSAR helos

    Faced with steep budget cuts and the desire to keep existing procurement initiatives on track, the Air Force is considering scrapping its entire fleet of A-10 attack jets and KC-10 tankers, according to multiple military and defense sources.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  3. Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh is concentrating on making sure the Air Force can execute its core missions. Air Force

    Welsh: Scarce resources must go to core missions

    Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has a lot to contend with — an aging fleet of aircraft, an uncertain fiscal future and the possibility that the Air Force will be needed for an operation in Syria.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  4. U.N.: 'Convincing evidence' of Syria chemical attack

    United Nations inspectors said Monday there is 'clear and convincing evidence' that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people in the country's civil war.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  5. Memorial to Tuskegee Airmen WWII unit unveiled

    Men from western Pennsylvania who served in the all-black Tuskegee Airmen unit during World War II are now honored on a new monument in Allegheny County, billed as the country's largest outdoor monument commemorating the barrier-breaking group.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  6. Judge at Gitmo considering pause in 9/11 case

    A judge at Guantanamo Bay is considering whether to put preparations for the Sept. 11 trial on hold because of problems with a Pentagon computer system used by lawyers in the case.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  7. Rouhani: Iran will accept any elected Syria ruler

    Iran's President Hasan Rouhani says his country will accept anyone as ruler of Syria who is elected by the Syrian people, the official news agency reported Monday.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  8. Air Force may reassess TA funding in fiscal 2014

    The Air Force has budgeted roughly half as much money for tuition assistance in fiscal 2014 as it expects to spend this fiscal year.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  9. Program aims to give vets mental health, specialty care

    Next year, veterans could have broader access to mental health treatment and specialty care provided by private physicians under a new multibillion-dollar program.

    • Sep. 16, 2013
  10. Army Air Corps veteran Vaughn Boone, 97, performs for residents at Arbor Acres retirement community in Winston-Salem, N.C. Andrew Dye / Winston-Salem Journal via The Associa

    Photo gallery: World War II vet, 97, plays oldies for retirees

    At the end of World War II, 2nd Lt. Vaughn Boone traveled across North Africa to entertain his fellow service members waiting their turn to go home. He performed music, magic shows, mind-reading acts, hypnosis and ventriloquist routines.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  11. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks to his car after arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 15. Larry Downing / AP

    Kerry warns Syria: 'Threat of force is real'

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  12. 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
  13. A bulldozer drives on the sidewalk past Boulder Creek, whose swollen waters have receded somewhat since the intense rain has abated over the past two days, in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 15. The National Weather Service says up to 2 inches of rain could fall Sunday, creating a risk of more flooding and mudslides. Brennan Linsley / AP

    More rain may hamper Colo. rescue efforts

    The search for people stranded from the Rocky Mountain foothills to the plains of northeastern Colorado grew more difficult Sunday, with a new wave of rain threatening to hamper airlifts from the flooded areas still out of reach.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  14. People are directed off the tarmac at Boulder Municipal Airport after being flown from Jamestown on a National Guard helicopter after being stranded from heavy rains in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 13. Mark Leffingwell / AP

    Colo. Guard: 1,750 rescued from flooded areas

    Military helicopter crews are expanding their searches for people who are stranded with more rain expected to fall in flooded areas.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  15. Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds (19) looks to pass against Delaware linebacker David Mackall (25) on Sept. 14 in Annapolis, Md. Nick Wass / AP

    Reynolds leads Navy to 51-7 win over Delaware

    Delaware coach Dan Brock said his team needed to put the pressure on Navy early to have any chance of pulling off a victory Saturday in the Midshipmen's home opener.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  16. 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
  17. Air Force Falcons quarterback Jaleel Awini (12) fakes a handoff to running back Jon Lee (24) at Bronco Stadium on Sept. 13. Brian Losness / USA Today

    Boise State tops Air Force 42-20

    At a school with a long list of pretty good quarterbacks, Joe Southwick's passing performance Friday night lifted Boise State to a second straight win and set a new standard for pinpoint passing.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  18. 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
  19. An Iraqi army soldier stands guard as policemen inspect the site of a car bomb attack at a market in Basra, Iraq, on Sept. 15. Nabil al-Jurani / AP

    At least 48 die in Iraq bombings

    A new wave of insurgent attacks in Iraq, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-majority cities in the center and south of the country, killed at least 48 people on Sunday, officials said.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  20. 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
  21. 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

    GOP chairman on cutting future troops' benefits: 'I think that is a place we can go'

    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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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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