War in Afghanistan

Oklahoma National Guard Staff Sgt. Kenny Butler comforts Jane Horton, widow of U.S. Army Spc. Christopher D. Horton, 26, of Collinsville, Okla., who died while serving in Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, during the burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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The next State of the Union message should honor the fallen heroes as well as the living ones

Jane Horton -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

A letter sent to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel questions the Army's refusal to debar an Afghan contractor with ties to terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

News

Afghan contractor with insurgent ties given contracts, access to US facilities

Michal Conger -

November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Healthcare

Facts and myths about PTSD

sydney-savion, harry-croft -

November 11, 2013 5:00 am

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

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Tag: War in Afghanistan

The next State of the Union message should honor the fallen heroes as well as the living ones

Afghan contractor with insurgent ties given contracts, access to US facilities

Facts and myths about PTSD

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

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

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

Bulky troops turn to liposuction to pass fat test

Retired Army Capt. William Swenson receives Medal of Honor

Obama defends Libya, Somalia raids

2 generals forced to retire for Afghan breach

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