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Panetta to be grand marshal of Memorial Day parade

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:05:07 -0400

CHICAGO - Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will be grand marshal of this year's Memorial Day parade in Chicago.

Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:06:47 -0400

WASHINGTON - Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.

Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:03:55 -0400

JERUSALEM - On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.' closest Mideast ally. That quite unexpectedly gave the new Pentagon chief a temporary respite from the delicate duty of tempering Israeli warnings about attacking Iran to stop it from building a nuclear bomb.

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:21:55 -0400

WASHINGTON - Parked around the airstrip at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.

Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:13:44 -0400

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's nuclear program and to discuss a set of U.S. arms deals with Israel and two Arab countries.