Lolita Baldor

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Officials: Woman at Pentagon doesn’t have Ebola

Officials: Woman at Pentagon doesn’t have Ebola

Lolita Baldor · October 17, 2014 9:57 pm

Hagel seeks info on Iraq chemical weapons exposure

Energy and Environment

Hagel seeks info on Iraq chemical weapons exposure

Lolita Baldor · October 17, 2014 8:52 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at a new conference at the Tolemaida military base in Melgar, Colombia. Rising temperatures, higher sea levels and other effects of climate change will pose major challenges for America's military, the Pentagon says. Defense officials say a report slated for release Monday will lay out plans for the Pentagon to get a better handle on how climate change will affect the milit (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Energy and Environment

Hagel: Climate change will challenge US military

Lolita Baldor · October 13, 2014 8:02 pm

Hagel cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria

Hagel cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria

Lolita Baldor · October 11, 2014 11:16 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, speaks at a press conference at the Tolemaida military base, in Melgar, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Hagel is on a six-day, three-country trip to South America. Hagel will also travel to Chile and Peru, where he will attend a conference of defense ministers from the Americas. Pictured left is Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

US: Will Turks train Syrian opposition in Turkey?

Lolita Baldor · October 11, 2014 2:01 am

Colombian airborne troops parachute in a show of military exercises at the Tolemaida military base during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in Melgar, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Colombia's was Hagel's first stop on his six-day, three-country trip to South America. Hagel will also travel to Chile and Peru, where he will attend a conference of defense ministers from the Americas. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Hagel says Colombia to be valuable global trainer

Lolita Baldor · October 11, 2014 1:52 am

Hagel: US wants use of Turkey base, help training

Hagel: US wants use of Turkey base, help training

Lolita Baldor · October 10, 2014 2:30 am

Hagel to discuss Ebola with South America leaders

Hagel to discuss Ebola with South America leaders

Lolita Baldor · October 10, 2014 2:29 am

US: Airstrikes push some militants from Kobani

US: Airstrikes push some militants from Kobani

Lolita Baldor · October 9, 2014 2:13 am

A member of the U.S army walks past a newly constructed Ebola treatment centre in Bongcounty, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday Oct. 7, 2014. Liberia has been among the hardest hit nations at the center of the long outbreak, which has killed more than 3,000 people. As of Friday, there had been 3,834 confirmed Ebola cases and 2,069 deaths in Liberia, according to the World Health Organization. Forty-four percent of those cases were reported in the past three weeks, a signal that the infectious disease is spreading. (AP Photo/Abbas Duller)

Pentagon: 100 US Marines heading to Liberia

Lolita Baldor · October 8, 2014 5:41 pm

US Africa Commander Gen. David Rodriguez gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, to discuss the US military response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US general: $750 million military cost in Liberia

Lolita Baldor · October 7, 2014 7:36 pm

Pentagon: Up to $1.1 billion cost for Iraq, Syria

Pentagon: Up to $1.1 billion cost for Iraq, Syria

Lolita Baldor · October 6, 2014 11:33 pm