Lolita Baldor

Read the latest stories and analysis from Lolita Baldor.

National Security

US reviewing plans for fewer troops in Afghanistan

Lolita Baldor · April 22, 2014 5:10 pm

National Security

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

Lolita Baldor · April 19, 2014 11:32 pm

National Security

APNewsBreak: Russian jet passes near US warship

Lolita Baldor · April 14, 2014 4:53 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, is presented with a horse as a gift by Mongolian Defense Minister Bat-Erdene Dashdemberel, right, at the Mongolian Ministry of Defense, Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Chuck Hagel seeks to increase ties with Mongolia

Lolita Baldor · April 10, 2014 11:43 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan participate in a joint news conference at the Chinese Defense Ministry headquarters in Beijing, China Tuesday, April 8, 2014. The defense chiefs of China and the U.S. faced off Tuesday over Beijing's escalating territorial disputes in the region, as Hagel, wagging his finger, said China doesn't have the right to unilaterally establish an air defense zone over disputed islands with no consultation. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Hagel, Chang air differences over disputed islands

Lolita Baldor · April 8, 2014 6:09 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel is visiting Japan, China and Mongolia, his fourth trip to Asian nations since taking office. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, POOL)

National Security

Chuck Hagel to tour China’s new aircraft carrier

Lolita Baldor · April 7, 2014 3:36 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera participate in a joint news conference at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters Sunday April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel announced that the U.S. is planning to forward-deploy two additional AEGIS ballistic missile defense ships to Japan by 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Wong/POOL)

National Security

US sending 2 warships to Japan to counter NKorea

Lolita Baldor · April 6, 2014 5:27 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, is escorted by his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, right, as they inspect an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US to deploy 2 more destroyers to Japan by 2017

Lolita Baldor · April 6, 2014 2:39 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, talks to Commander of U.S. Force Japan Lt. Gen. Salvatore "Sam" Angelella during a helicopter ride Saturday, April 5, 2014 from Yokota Air Force Base in Fussa, to Tokyo in Japan. Hagel is on an Asian trip, the fourth since he took office, to Japan, China and Mongolia. (AP Photo/Alex Pool, Pool)

Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan

Lolita Baldor · April 5, 2014 2:43 pm

Hagel to meet with Malaysian counterpart

Lolita Baldor · April 2, 2014 12:16 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to members of a travel press pool April 1, 2014 en route Honolulu, Hawaii. The U.S. is likely to move a warship into the Black Sea and send a small team of soldiers to Europe as part of NATO's effort to bolster allies in Eastern Europe who are worried about Russia's military annexation of Crimea. That from a senior defense official. Hagel says this country has "to be prepared to deal with any contingency and all options." (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

National Security

US may move warship into Black Sea

Lolita Baldor · April 1, 2014 9:58 pm

Hagel to host Asia meeting; travel to China, Japan

Lolita Baldor · March 27, 2014 11:17 pm