War in Afghanistan

Afghan National Army officers take part in a training exercise at a National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 8. (AP/Ahmad Jamshid)

National Security

Afghanistan reconstruction threatened by security transfer, official corruption, IG warns

Michal Conger -

October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Beltway Confidential

State Department sees al Qaeda as ‘major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability’

Joel Gehrke -

October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan projects funded with billions of U.S. tax dollars will soon be inaccessible to oversight officials

Michal Conger -

October 28, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

Bulky troops turn to liposuction to pass fat test

Associated Press -

October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Retired Army Capt. William Swenson received a Medal of Honor on Tuesday for his heroics in Afghanistan four years ago.

News

Retired Army Capt. William Swenson receives Medal of Honor

Lisa Ruhl -

October 15, 2013 4:00 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al Shabbab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area south of Mogadishu in Somalia. International military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Saturday against foreign fighters, officials said.ÃÂ President Obama on Tuesday defended a pair of U.S. commando raids over the weekend in Libya and Somalia that targeted alleged terrorist leaders.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Politics

Obama defends Libya, Somalia raids

Susan Crabtree -

October 8, 2013 4:00 am

This photo provided by the Marine Corps, shows Maj. Gen. Gregg Sturdevant at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calf.. In a rare move, Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, forced two generals into retirement after concluding they should be held to account for failing to secure a base in Afghanistan against a Taliban attack that killed two Marines. Amos said in announcing his decision that Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus and Sturdevant

News

2 generals forced to retire for Afghan breach

Robert Burns -

October 1, 2013 12:33 am

A lifesize cardboard cutout photograph of President Obama is used as an anti-war sign on the north side of the White House to protest any U.S. military action against Syria. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Americans support Syria intervention less than Iraq, Afghanistan

Ashe Schow -

September 6, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Wal-Mart fights back, calls out The Nation for its hypocrisy over wages

Kaitlyn Schallhorn -

August 7, 2013 10:06 pm

Red Alert Politics

D.C. Council’s anti-Walmart living wage bill does more harm than good for city’s economy

Danny Huizinga -

July 23, 2013 9:32 pm

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