Lolita Baldor

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National Security

Pentagon: No joint military acts with Iran in Iraq

Lolita Baldor · June 16, 2014 4:33 pm

FILE - This image made from video released by the Taliban and obtained by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl at left. Bergdahl, a U.S. Army soldier, went missing from his outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009 and was released from Taliban captivity on May 31, 2014 in exchange for five enemy combatants held in the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: INTELCENTER; NO SALES; EDS NOTE: "INTELCENTER" AT LEFT TOP CORNER ADDED BY SOURCE

National Security

Bowe Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors

Lolita Baldor · June 8, 2014 7:05 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, Romanian Defense Minister Mircea Dusa, center, and Commanding Officer Robert Katz, right, during their tour of the bridge of the USS Vella Gulf, in Constanta, Romania, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel tours US Navy cruiser deployed off Romania

Lolita Baldor · June 5, 2014 11:16 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, shakes hands with Afghanistan's Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, right, ahead of their North Atlantic Council (NAT) meeting, in Brussels, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Official: 1,800 US troops for Afghan counterterror

Lolita Baldor · June 4, 2014 3:57 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during his news conference at the conclusion of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO) in Brussels, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. NATO defense ministers gathered for the first time since the Ukraine crisis, and top of the agenda was how to react long-term to Russia's new military capabilities and its willingness to use them. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel says rush to judgment on Bergdahl ‘unfair’

Lolita Baldor · June 4, 2014 2:30 pm

National Security

General: Russians are staying on Ukraine border

Lolita Baldor · June 4, 2014 7:04 am

Dempsey: Army may still pursue desertion charges

Lolita Baldor · June 3, 2014 12:54 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, walks on the tarmac with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham, left, during his arrival to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, POOL)

Hagel meets with team that rescued Bergdahl

Lolita Baldor · June 1, 2014 10:50 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is seen aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft before speaking to members of the media during his flight, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hagel spoke about the released of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was held hostage in Afghanistan, and who was handed over Saturday morning by members of the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel to discuss progress of Afghanistan forces

Lolita Baldor · June 1, 2014 9:42 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, is seen aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft before speaking to members of the media during his flight, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hagel spoke about the released of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was held hostage in Afghanistan, and who was handed over Saturday morning by members of the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel: Captive’s life was in danger

Lolita Baldor · June 1, 2014 9:25 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, right, China's deputy chief of General Staff, at the start of their meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S. "will not look the other way" when nations such as China try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel spars with China over territorial disputes

Lolita Baldor · May 31, 2014 3:39 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, right, at the start of their meeting Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel traveled to Singapore to attend the 13th Asia Security Summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel looks to more Asia travel this year

Lolita Baldor · May 31, 2014 12:05 pm