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Kristina Wong

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

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks past an honor guard upon his arrival at the military airport in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, April 23, 2012, on the first stop on his weeklong tour of Latin America. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Pentagon pulls clearances in Colombian sex scandal

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Monday that service members who possibly were involved in the prostitution scandal in Colombia before the president's visit last week have had their security clearances suspended.

April 23, 2012
**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)

Panetta defends $860,000 for weekly trips home

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday defended his use of military aircraft for trips home to California, after admitting last week that he has paid only about 2 percent of the costs of that personal travel.

April 16, 2012
** FILE ** Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, who now is retired, was an Army vice chief of staff. (Associated Press)

Ex-military chiefs concerned about automatic spending cuts

Retired military chiefs say they expect automatic budget cuts will force the Defense Department to reduce its spending by $500 billion over the next 10 years, in addition to the nearly $500 billion the Pentagon already has sliced from its budget.

April 11, 2012
**FILE** Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Afghan defense minister, speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: Afghan panels to approve night raids

Afghan judicial panels will review plans for and approve night raids by U.S. and Afghan forces against terror suspects in villages around the country, the Pentagon said Monday.

April 9, 2012
**FILE** Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003. (Associated Press)

9/11 conspirators’ military trial nears as charges refiled

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced formal charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and four co-conspirators and called for a joint military trial that could result in the death penalty for all five men.

April 4, 2012
Mobile Patriot missile launchers are unloaded off Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's 8,900-ton transport ship Osumi on April 3, 2012, after its arrival in Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

U.S. warns North Korea not to launch missile

The Pentagon on Tuesday warned North Korea not to go through with its planned satellite launch, which several nations suspect is a cover for an illegal ballistic missile test.

April 3, 2012
**FILE** Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry and his wife, Ashley, arrive March 14, 2012, at the Booksellers area of the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha. (Associated Press)

Army hero speaks for injured comrades

A Medal of Honor recipient who lost part of his right arm in a firefight in Afghanistan says society doesn't fully understand the mental trauma and physical injury that today's veterans suffer.

March 30, 2012
** FILE ** This April 2009 image made from KRT video shows the launch of a missile in Musudan-ri, North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT TV, File)

Launch by N. Korea would violate U.S. pact

Top U.S. defense officials Wednesday expressed pessimism that North Korea would scrap its plans to launch a satellite next month using a long-range missile in violation of international restrictions.

March 28, 2012