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WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GI's plea to 1 count

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces.

Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made

Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama

AG: 4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes

Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.

Marine faces trial over urination on corpses

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed.

Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse

The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged

3 relieved of command in Marine training accident

Three officers at Camp Lejeune have been relieved of command following a March training accident in Nevada in which seven Marines were killed.

CG reexamines use of live goats

One year after a video surfaced showing government contractors using hedge clippers to cuts limbs off anesthetized goats -- an effort to replicate wartime

More Osprey aircraft heading to Japan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will deploy a second squadron of the MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa despite controversy over the aircraft, officials said Monday.

Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's

Hagel: Israel did not tell him of intel on Syria

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel indicated on Wednesday that he was caught by surprise when Israeli officials publicly revealed their assessment that Syria has used

Iraq vet pleads guilty to killing fellow soldiers

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — As family members of his victims looked on, Army Sgt. John Russell described on Monday how in 2009 he rampaged at a mental health clinic in

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen

BOSTON (AP) — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist

Under pressure, Border Patrol now counts getaways

CAMPO, Calif. (AP) — Richard Gordon is one of the Border Patrol's best at spotting the smallest human traces in pursuit of people who enter the U.S. illegally from Mexico: dusty

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