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The Air Force's nuclear missile corps faces new strains after dozens more officers were implicated in an investigation of cheating on missile-launch proficiency tests. The number implicated in the probe has roughly doubled from the original 34 officers, meaning that about 14 percent of all launch officers are now sidelined. (AP image)
National Security

Expansion of cheating probe adds to nuke burden

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes questions as he briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
National Security

Questions and answers on Chuck Hagel’s nuke force probe

Robert Burns -
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Some Republicans are criticizing the House GOP's decision to cut the pension guarantees of career service members younger than 62 who have served 20 years or more. (Getty images File)
Columnists

Targeting service members for budget savings is a losing strategy for Republicans

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Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford commands the U.S. forces in Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction found that a reconstruction program in Afghanistan has spent less than its annual budget for six years straight, but that hasn't stopped the Department of Defense from requesting hundreds of millions more each year. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)
National Security

Watchdog demands answers on why DOD asked for money it didn’t need in Afghanistan

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The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin.  
Politics

Defense contractors spent millions lobbying Congress, get billions in new budget

Eric Boehm -
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Retired military brass need to pay more for their health care, according to retired Adm. Mike Mullen, who articulated a position that contrasts with the protection lawmakers gave flag officers when they reduced cost-of-living adjustments for lower-ranking service members in the latest budget agreement. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Shawn P. Eklund, File)
Beltway Confidential

Military brass need to pay more for their health care, retired Adm. Mike Mullen says

Joel Gehrke -
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Examiner Editorial: Don’t drop training standards so women can go into combat
Opinion

Examiner Editorial: Don’t drop training standards so women can go into combat

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates signs copies of his new book:
Op-Eds

A contrary view on Bob Gates’ ‘Duty’ as he saw it

Jed Babbin -
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P.
Beltway Confidential

Tea Party has weakened Republicans, claims retiring Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon

Joel Gehrke -
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 The omnibus bill Congress approved Thursday is yet another example of lawmakers' propensity for overspending. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)
Columnists

Omnibus spending bill stuffed with Pentagon pork

Veronique de Rugy -
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