Lolita Baldor

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National Security

US fighter jets, warship arrive in Ukraine region

Lolita Baldor · March 6, 2014 6:17 pm

National Security

Gen. Dempsey: NSA leaks will cost billions

Lolita Baldor · March 6, 2014 12:23 pm

Hagel promises to look into vets’ PTSD lawsuit

Lolita Baldor · March 5, 2014 12:28 pm

US options for Afghanistan: 0 to 10,000 US troops

Lolita Baldor · March 5, 2014 11:31 am

National Security

US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact

Lolita Baldor · February 26, 2014 8:18 pm

Female soldiers train on a firing range while wearing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

National Security

Few Army women want combat jobs

Lolita Baldor · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 23, 2009, file photo, Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, speaks with The Associated Press during an interview at the Pentagon. The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of bad conduct or crimes has soared in the last several years, as the military comes out of a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence than character. Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that the number of officers who left the Army due to misconduct tripled in the last three years. And the number of enlisted soldiers forced out for drug, alcohol, crimes and other misconduct shot up from about 5,600 in 2007 as the Iraq war peaked, to more than 11,000 last year. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

National Security

Misconduct forces more soldiers out

Lolita Baldor · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This photo April 23, 2013 file photo shows Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of bad conduct or crimes has soared in the last several years, as the military comes out of a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence than character. Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that the number of officers who left the Army due to misconduct tripled in the last three years. And the number of enlisted soldiers forced out for drug, alcohol, crimes and other misconduct shot up from about 5,600 in 2007 as the Iraq war peaked, to more than 11,000 last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP Exclusive: Misconduct forces more soldiers out

Lolita Baldor · February 18, 2014 1:41 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wants military leaders to inject more urgency into ensuring "moral character and moral courage" in a force suffering a rash of ethical lapses. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Chuck Hagel orders urgent push for ethics crackdown

Lolita Baldor · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

As Olympics near, warships and FBI agents deploy

Lolita Baldor · February 1, 2014 1:03 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel answers reporters' questions during a news conference at the Pentagon January 24, 2014. (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

Systemic personnel problems seen in nuclear corps

Lolita Baldor · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

US intel sees uptick in Olympic threat reports

Lolita Baldor · January 29, 2014 10:20 pm