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Kristina Wong was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (right) speaks to reporters aboard his aircraft on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, on the way to official visits to Japan, China and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Panetta: Sudan nixes Marine team at U.S. Embassy

Sudan has denied the U.S. permission to deploy a team of Marines to the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum to protect personnel and property, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said.

September 16, 2012
** FILE ** Libyans gather at the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Official: No Marines in Libya at time of Benghazi attack

No U.S. Marines were in Libya when protesters stormed a diplomatic mission in the eastern city of Benghazi and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans late Tuesday, a senior Obama administration official said Saturday.

September 15, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) steps off his jet after arriving at Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Mr. Panetta is in Japan as part of an Asian tour, which includes stops in China and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Panetta tours Asia to advance ‘pivot’ by Pentagon to Pacific region

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is visiting Asia to "rebalance" the U.S. military's focus on the Pacific region, which includes shifting much of its naval fleet, expanding joint exercises with regional allies, and deploying forces to Australia and Southeast Asia.

September 15, 2012
** FILE ** Libyans gather at the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Officials say Marines were not part of Benghazi force in Libya

A detachment of Marines typically guards the interior of U.S. embassies and consulates, but none was at the State Department compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday when protesters breached the security perimeter resulting in the killing of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

September 13, 2012
** FILE ** A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter prepares to depart from a forward operating base in the Zhari district of southern Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Navy SEALs killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Seven U.S. troops, including two Navy SEALS, were killed early Thursday when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan during combat operations, military officials said.

August 16, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, seen here with his golden retriever dog Bravo at the Pentagon, conducts an interview with the Associated Press on Aug. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iran’s help to prop up Syria’s Assad concerns U.S.

The Pentagon’s top officials on Tuesday expressed concern about "a growing presence by Iran" in Syria’s 17-month-long conflict, saying that Iranian forces are training a pro-regime Syrian militia to wage war on protesters and rebels.

August 14, 2012
**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies Feb. 14, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee to outline the Pentagon's budget. (Associated Press)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempsey to visit Iraq this month

The Pentagon's top officer will travel to Iraq at the end the month to check on progress in a country that has been beset by sectarian violence and political turmoil since the United Station withdrew most of its troops in December.

August 14, 2012
F-22 stealth fighters (second and third from left) fly with other fighters over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington during joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea in the East Sea off the Korean peninsula on Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Pentagon OKs plan to lift F-22 flight restrictions

The Air Force has found that an air supply problem had been causing the hypoxia-like symptoms for some pilots flying F-22 Raptors, the Pentagon announced this week, adding that the service has made two changes in the aircraft's cockpit life-support system to correct the symptoms, which include nausea, headaches, fatigues and blackouts.

July 25, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies July 25, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the joint House Armed Services-Veterans Affairs "Back from the Battlefield" hearing. (Associated Press)

Pentagon announces honors roll to recognize heroes

The Pentagon has posted a honors roll on it website to list decorated veterans and active-duty troops, after the Supreme Court struck ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to lie about earning military medals.

July 25, 2012
One pilot died from oxygen deprivation while flying the Air Force's F-22 Raptor, seen here in a supersonic flyby, and 25 have returned from missions under the same condition. (Associated Press)

Pentagon OKs plan to lift F-22 flight restrictions

The Air Force has found that an air supply problem had been causing the hypoxia-like symptoms for some pilots flying F-22 Raptors, the Pentagon announced this week, adding that the service has made two changes in the aircraft's cockpit life-support system to correct the symptoms, which include nausea, headaches, fatigues and blackouts.

July 24, 2012
This October 2000 image, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows damage sustained by the USS Cole after a terrorist bomb exploded during a refueling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen. Osama bin Laden was blamed for the attack.

Legal tussle unfolds in case against Cole suspect

The military judge presiding over the trial of an al Qaeda operative accused of masterminding the 2000 bomb attack on the USS Cole on Tuesday rejected a defense motion to recuse himself from the case.

July 17, 2012
Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican (AP Photo)

DeMint: Law of the Sea Treaty now dead

The United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty now has 34 senators opposed to it and thus lacks the Senate votes needed for U.S. ratification, a key opponent of the treaty announced Monday.

July 16, 2012