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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 12/29/2011

U.S., Saudi Arabia strike $30 billion arms deal

By Jason Ukman

Under pact, kingdom will receive 84 F-15 fighter jets and assorted weaponry

By Jason Ukman | 02:00 PM ET, 12/29/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:44 PM ET, 12/28/2011

Iranian exiles agree to U.N. resettlement plan

By Joby Warrick

Members of Mujahedin-e-Khalq announce that 400 are ready to move to new quarters on the grounds of a former U.S. military base

By Joby Warrick | 04:44 PM ET, 12/28/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:08 PM ET, 12/27/2011

Military academies report more sexual assaults

By Jason Ukman

Officials have applied considerable resources to raising awareness about harassment, report says.

By Jason Ukman | 05:08 PM ET, 12/27/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:53 AM ET, 12/19/2011

Kim Jong Il’s death complicates search for remains

By William Wan

For more than half a century, the hopes of recovering the remains of U.S. soldiers lost during the Korean War have ebbed and flowed with the rollercoaster nature of the U.S. relationship with North Korea.

By William Wan | 11:53 AM ET, 12/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:56 AM ET, 12/19/2011

Fears of N. Korean nuclear arsenal heightened

By Joby Warrick

While little is known about Kim’s son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong Eun, U.S. officials and weapons experts see little to reason to believe that he will be any less enamored of the Bomb.

By Joby Warrick | 10:56 AM ET, 12/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:06 PM ET, 12/16/2011

Manning pretrial hearing opens with a surprise

By Ellen Nakashima

A defense attorney for Pfc. Bradley Manning opened his pretrial hearing Friday with a surprise demand that the investigating officer recuse himself.

By Ellen Nakashima | 02:06 PM ET, 12/16/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:40 AM ET, 12/16/2011

U.S. drones allowed in Iraqi skies

By Craig Whitlock

Baghdad has given Washington permission to keep flying Predator drones on surveillance missions over northern Iraq, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Friday.

By Craig Whitlock | 11:40 AM ET, 12/16/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:23 PM ET, 12/15/2011

Officials reject new claim on crashed drone

By Greg Miller

In the latest claim, an unidentified engineer told the Christian Science Monitor that the Islamic republic exploited a vulnerability in the drone’s navigation system to bring it to a safe landing.

By Greg Miller | 04:23 PM ET, 12/15/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:59 AM ET, 12/15/2011

Between McCain and Putin, there’s no love lost

By Jason Ukman

Prime minister calls Arizona Republican “nuts” in annual call-in.

By Jason Ukman | 09:59 AM ET, 12/15/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:58 PM ET, 12/14/2011

Dempsey: Leaving Iraq with concerns, and pride

By Greg Jaffe

For chairman of Joint Chiefs, the end of the war is a source of satisfaction

By Greg Jaffe | 03:58 PM ET, 12/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:20 PM ET, 12/14/2011

U.S., North Korea weigh resumption of food aid

By William Wan

Talks in Beijing expected to focus on monitoring measures that would ensure that supplies would go to the public and not diverted to the military or ruling elite

By William Wan | 12:20 PM ET, 12/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:40 AM ET, 12/14/2011

Panetta, in Afghanistan, says ‘we’re winning’

By Craig Whitlock

Visiting defense chief’s allusion to victory proved short-lived in face of skeptical questioning.

By Craig Whitlock | 08:40 AM ET, 12/14/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:48 AM ET, 12/13/2011

U.S. military drone crashes in Seychelles

By Jason Ukman

Indian Ocean archipelago serves as a base for anti-piracy operations, as well as U.S. surveillance missions over Somalia

By Jason Ukman | 10:48 AM ET, 12/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:17 AM ET, 12/13/2011

Defense Secretary Panetta visits U.S. base in Djibouti, then travels to Afghanistan

By Craig Whitlock

In pep talk to troops, defense secretary highlights importance of Horn of Africa in fighting terror groups.

By Craig Whitlock | 06:17 AM ET, 12/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 12/13/2011

Uzbek rights violations worsening, group says

By Jason Ukman

In new report, Human Rights Watch says West’s policy of ”engagement without strings” has compounded crisis

By Jason Ukman | 06:00 AM ET, 12/13/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:47 PM ET, 12/12/2011

Pentagon’s Michele Flournoy to step down

By Karen DeYoung

Undersecretary of defense for policy says she wants to spend more time with her family

By Karen DeYoung | 05:47 PM ET, 12/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:26 AM ET, 12/12/2011

Ex-Blackwater firm gets a name change, again

By Jason Ukman

Xe Services becomes Academi, as firm touts new leadership and direction.

By Jason Ukman | 09:26 AM ET, 12/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:25 PM ET, 12/09/2011

Gen. Martin Dempsey knows how to sing a tune

By Craig Whitlock

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, prodded to show his skills at Washington event, performs rendition of “Christmas in Killarney”

By Craig Whitlock | 12:25 PM ET, 12/09/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:09 AM ET, 12/09/2011

In war dead inquiry, a confounding question

By Mary Pat Flaherty

Practice used in handling of war dead confounds even some of those most familiar and comfortable with discussing the disposal of human body parts and medical waste

By Mary Pat Flaherty | 08:09 AM ET, 12/09/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:34 PM ET, 12/08/2011

Panetta ‘comfortable’ with response to Dover

By Craig Whitlock and Jason Ukman

Defense secretary supports the Air Force’s decision not to notify relatives of 274 fallen service members that their partial incinerated remains were secretly dumped in a Virginia landfill, spokesmen say

By Craig Whitlock and Jason Ukman | 03:34 PM ET, 12/08/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:02 PM ET, 12/08/2011

RQ-170: A primer on the ‘Beast of Kandahar’

By Jason Ukman

The secret surveillance craft that Iran purports to have displayed on Wednesday has been seen before, but just barely.

By Jason Ukman | 02:02 PM ET, 12/08/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:53 PM ET, 12/07/2011

Iran is quick to shut U.S. ‘virtual embassy’

By Thomas Erdbrink

Users in Tehran trying to reach the site were directed to a government page that warned against violating the law

By Thomas Erdbrink | 04:53 PM ET, 12/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:51 PM ET, 12/07/2011

Va. man accused as Pakistani agent pleads guilty

By Jason Ukman

Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, 62, acknowledges receiving funding from the Pakistani government, as well as committing tax violations

By Jason Ukman | 01:51 PM ET, 12/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 12/07/2011

Senators push to get sailors’ remains from Libya

By Jason Ukman

Lawmakers are pushing to bring back the remains of sailors who died on the shores of Tripoli more than 200 years ago.

By Jason Ukman | 10:01 AM ET, 12/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:40 PM ET, 12/06/2011

U.S. opens a ‘virtual embassy’ in Iran

By Thomas Erdbrink

Perhaps in the biggest surprise of all, it’s still accessible from Iran

By Thomas Erdbrink | 01:40 PM ET, 12/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:48 PM ET, 12/06/2011

After drone was lost, CIA tried a head fake

By Greg Miller

Agency’s operation of UAV was obscured in initial aftermath of reports

By Greg Miller | 12:48 PM ET, 12/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:26 AM ET, 12/06/2011

Ambassador Robert Ford heads back to Syria

By Karen DeYoung

Envoy was called home for consultations in October after officials accused Bashar al-Assad’s government of trying to intimidate him

By Karen DeYoung | 10:26 AM ET, 12/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:48 AM ET, 12/06/2011

A speed bump for Pentagon’s information ops

By Walter Pincus

Senate Armed Services Committee has asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to assess the effectiveness of a series of news and information Web sites initiated by SOCOM

By Walter Pincus | 07:48 AM ET, 12/06/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)