Pentagon

John McCain, Martin Dempsey clash on Syria military options

John McCain, Martin Dempsey clash on Syria military options

Tim Mak · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

Paul Bedard · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., look towards a chart as they speak to reporters during a news conference about a bill regarding military sexual assault cases on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

VIDEO: Kirsten Gillibrand grabs crucial support for military sexual assault bill

Steve Doty · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Senators tout support for military sexual assault bill

Senators tout support for military sexual assault bill

Tim Mak · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

Liz Cheney shares her famous father's neoconservative militancy, but apparently lacks the fly-fisherman's patience. (Cliff Owen/AP)

A Liz Cheney Senate run could save — or kill — neoconservatism

Gene Healey · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

To meet the mandates of the so-called sequestration, 680,000 Defense Department employees will be forced to take a day of unpaid leave each week over the next 11 weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Civilian furloughs irk contractors: Sequestration requires 680,000 workers to take 11 days of unpaid leave

Tim Mak · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Millions spent by the State Department in grants to foreign agencies for Afghan reconstruction were never audited. (AP File)

Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. Afghan aid given without audits

Michal Conger · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will make good on his promise to cut his own paycheck in solidatirty with furloughed Defense Department employees. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Pentagon furloughs begin; Chuck Hagel, spokesman to chip in

Tim Mak · July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Where military drones are headed next

Michael Barrett · July 3, 2013 4:00 am

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Afghan officials improperly fining U.S. contractors, harming war effort

Michal Conger · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

Anwar al-Awlaki was identified as a terrorist ahead of speaking at a Pentagon luncheon in 2002. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)

National Security

FBI warned Pentagon of al-Awlaki’s terrorist ties before Pentagon speech

Kelly Cohen · July 2, 2013 4:00 am

A protester waves a national flag on a roof in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Monday. (AP/ Manu Brabo)

The thousand-year thaw in Egypt

Karl Spain · July 2, 2013 4:00 am