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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool) National Security

Russian antics to top Carter Europe trip

Tara Copp · June 21, 2015 4:01 am
On June 15, the Department of Defense reported a set of targets in its daily airstrike report: two Islamic State "tunnel systems" in Syria, a tunnel entrance and two additional tunnel systems in Iraq. (AP Photo)  National Security

U.S. targets Islamic State tunnels in Iraq

Tara Copp · June 20, 2015 9:00 am
"I am pleased to announce that Peter Cook will be joining my team as our spokesperson here at the Pentagon," Ashton Carter said. (Flickr)  National Security

New Pentagon press secretary is TV journo Peter Cook

Tara Copp · June 19, 2015 5:48 pm
U.S. soldiers prepare to participate in a training mission with Iraqi Army soldier, right, outside Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo) National Security

U.S. training of Iraqi Sunnis has begun

Tara Copp · June 19, 2015 5:33 pm
Warrior Games brings the fight back to a wounded Marine Healthcare

Warrior Games brings the fight back to a wounded Marine

Tara Copp · June 18, 2015 9:55 pm
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, looks on as Defense Secretary Ashton Carter testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, during a hearing on the U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) National Security

‘Iraq is no more’: Congress, Pentagon coming to terms with 3-way split

Tara Copp · June 17, 2015 9:25 pm
House smacks down bill that would withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq National Security

House smacks down bill that would withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq

Tara Copp · June 17, 2015 8:54 pm
"We can and should expect to hear, however, the military component of a strategy to reverse this deteriorating trend and to protect American interests," said Rep. Thornberry. (Getty File Photo) National Security

Is the war authorization debate a waste of time?

Tara Copp · June 17, 2015 4:01 am
A Peshmerga sits next to weapons at a base February 24, 2004 in Halabja, Iraq. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) National Security

White House confirms death of al Qaeda’s No. 2

Tara Copp, Nicole Duran · June 16, 2015 4:54 pm
An F-15D Eagle takes off Feb. 19, 2015, from the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. The F-15 is assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. John Hughel)  National Security

Pentagon used old war authorization to strike al Qaeda leader

Tara Copp · June 15, 2015 4:59 pm
Iraq has recently struggled to pay for new recruits, which has become another impediment to its ability to reconstitute the Iraqi Army. (AP Photo)  National Security

Hunting down ‘ghost soldiers’ in Iraq

Tara Copp · June 13, 2015 4:01 am
In this Aug. 26, 2004, file courtroom sketch, Ali Hamza al Bahlul appears before a military commission at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. (AP Photo)  National Security

Court ruling could help unravel other Guantanamo convictions

Tara Copp · June 12, 2015 9:45 pm
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