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  1. US President Barack Obama announced to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the US nuclear arsenal by up to 1,000 warheads, below the level already targeted under a treaty signed by the United States and Russia in April 2010.

    Obama sparks new fight in seeking huge nuke reductions

    President Barack Obama upped the ante in a growing political debate, announcing to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the U.S. nuclear arsenal by one-third, or about 500 warheads, in the coming years.

  1. Senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding

  1. Defense: U.S. man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group

  2. Military Entrance Processing Command chief removed from duty

  3. F-15s begin leaving Montana Guard base

  4. 2 killed in Colo. wildfire had AF connections

  5. House bill would let more vets get private care

  6. Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

  7. Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

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  1. 16 dead: Militants infiltrate U.N.'s Somalia office

    Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pickup rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  2. Fort Belvoir to open East Coast's largest Exchange

    Fort Belvoir is unveiling a new, 270,000-square-foot post exchange that military officials say is the largest of its kind on the East Coast and an example of the military's effort to rebrand and modernize the old exchanges.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  3. Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits

    A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal government.

    • Jun. 19, 2013

  4. Child welfare workers resign as probe into airman's daughter's death continues

    The Texas child welfare agency under investigation for its mishandling of a toddler's death last year has disciplined two employees after discovering one of them had 'an inappropriate relationship' with the child's father, an agency spokesman said Tuesday

    • Jun. 19, 2013
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    This undated photo provided by Blue Rider Press/Penguin shows award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings. He died June 18 in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Blue Rider Press / Penguin via AP

    Journalist who took down Army four-star dies in car wreck

    Michael Hastings, whose stunning 2010 report for Rolling Stone led to the removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as head of coalition forces in Afghanistan, died in a fiery car crash Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to numerous media reports.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  6. VA Gulf War panel members walk out to protest changes

    Three members of a Veterans Affairs Department advisory committee on Persian Gulf War illnesses walked out of a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest planned changes to the board's makeup — alterations they say are designed to neuter the often outspoken panel.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Welsh talks Syria, readiness

    As Congress deliberates over how DoD funds should be appropriated, the military head of the Air Force laid out the case that his service still provides a benefit that other branches cannot match.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  8. Spec Ops may need to be exempt from integrating women, SOCOM official says

    Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  9. Marine Corps Capt. Paul Gates, commanding officer of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pauses during a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Civil Order Policemen during Operation California APril 28 in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials. Marine Corps

    U.S., Afghans, Taliban to begin peace talks in Qatar

    Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  10. U.S. may need to fill 'gaps' in Afghan forces after 2014

    The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the Afghan military may need some operational support beyond the planned end of combat operations there in late 2014.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  11. La. Guard's top enlisted adviser fired

    The Louisiana National Guard's highest officer has fired his top enlisted adviser for alleged sexual harassment.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Former military trainer stops dog attack

    A former military dog trainer says she used a spray can of disinfectant to induce two pit bulls to stop an attack on a beagle and its 72-year-old owner in Ewa Beach.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  13. National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander testifies June 18 on Capitol Hill before the House Intelligence Committee. J. Scott Applewhite / AP

    Army 4-star defends surveillance program

    The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that wa

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    Former soldier seeks custody of child born to 14-year-old

    A central Missouri couple is concerned that a former soldier will be granted visitation or custody of the child he conceived with their 14-year-old daughter.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  15. Plan seeks to hire reservists, vets for border duties

    Reservists and veterans would be actively recruited for border security jobs, with incentives including student loan repayment and signing bonuses, under a bipartisan Senate plan unveiled Monday.

    • Jun. 18, 2013

  16. Afghan forces taking security lead nationwide

    Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday in a significant milestone in the 12-year war.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
    • NEWS /

    2 Naval Academy grads killed in Ala. crash

    U.S. Naval Academy officials say two graduates have been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Alabama.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  18. Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives. Above, musicians with the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, march and perform May 22 in the Military Appreciation Day Parade in Waikiki, Hawaii. Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso / Marine Corps

    Marine Corps' bagpipes boycott drives new legislation

    Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  19. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, talk to media during a news conference at the Pentagon on May 17. Women may be able to begin training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under broad plans Hagel is approving that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in the country's elite special operations forces, according to details of the plans submitted to Hagel that were obtained by the Associated Press. Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press

    Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

    Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
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    Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visits with airmen June 17 at Minot Air Force base in Minot, N.D. Will Kincaid / AP

    Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman visits Minot AFB

    The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reassured hundreds of airmen Monday that recent nuclear weapons missteps at their North Dakota base would be corrected, but he didn't elaborate on the 'failures of leadership' he blames for causing the problems.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  21. Wilma Rees, 90, of Arizona (right) and her twin sister, Amelia Kizer, 90, of Nebraska, members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association (ARRA), worked on B-17 bombers at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during World War II. Members of ARRA toured a portion of the former GM Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti Township. The 5-million-square-foot plant was built by Henry Ford to make B-24 bombers for the military during World War II and is likely to be destroyed by GM's bankruptcy trust to make way for new development. James Fassinger / Detroit Free Press

    WWII riveters return one last time to bomber plant

    Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory, just a few months before it's likely to be demolished.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  22. WikiLeaks trial witness: Troop email addresses could be used in cyberattacks

    A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  23. 2 female pilots among six service members selected to be astronauts

    NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  24. Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, right, has asked a judge to allow his defamation to go forward against the wife of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, left. The Associated Press

    Ventura wants 'American Sniper' lawsuit to proceed

    MINNEAPOLIS Attorneys for former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura asked a federal judge Monday to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle to go forward with Kyle's widow as the defendant.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

  25. Some Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs

    Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs as the result of the automatic federal budget cuts that took effect earlier this year.

    • Jun. 17, 2013

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