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  • Admiral James G. Stavridis (left), USN Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. (center), USA, Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, listen while General John F. Kelly, USMC, Commander, U.S. Southern Command answers a question while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

    General warns of increased drug traffic under budget cuts

    Automatic defense spending cuts will force the U.S. military to curtail training for Latin American allies who combat drug traffickers, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said Wednesday.

  • Illustration U.S. Sinking Navy by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    LYONS: Russia's shot across the bow

    ARussian Akula-class cruise-missile attack submarine recently transited the North Atlantic and operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for an undeclared period of time. The United States did not find out until after it left. This should not have come as a surprise.

  • Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel are accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza)

    No charges for military personnel in Colombia prostitution scandal

    Seven Army members and two Marines are receiving administrative punishments but are not facing criminal charges for their part in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia this year, the Associated Press has learned.

  • Illustration: Iranian missiles by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

    HUMIRE: Iranian weapons on America's doorstep

    While many of the world's leaders traveled to a Mexican seaside resort in Los Cabos for the annual Group of 20 meeting a couple weeks ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traveled a little farther south, to Rio de Janeiro, for another meeting of world leaders - the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

  • Inside China: Hobnobbing, war hysteria escalate

    Billed as the most important and substantial military exchange visit with the United States in nine years, the grand tour from Friday through Thursday by a large Chinese military delegation – led by Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie – received royal treatment at the Pentagon this week.

  • U.S. Secret Service agents walk April 14, 2012, around the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the opening ceremony of the 6th Summit of the Americas. (Associated Press)

    Dempsey: 'We let the boss down' with Colombia scandal

    The top U.S. military officer said Monday the nation's military leadership is embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against several U.S. military members at a Colombia hotel on the eve of President Obama's visit over the weekend.

  • President Obama waves upon his arrival for the official group photo at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

    Side issues tend to befall Obama while abroad

    President Obama might be noticing a familiar pattern: Whether it's allegations of Secret Service personnel consorting with prostitutes, candid moments caught live on microphones or launching bombs over Libya, his foreign trips seem to get overshadowed by distractions.

  • President Obama waves upon arrival in Cartagena, Colombia, on Friday, April 13, 2012, to attend the sixth Summit of the Americas. At right is Michael McKinley, U.S. ambassador to Colombia. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

    Misconduct alleged against Obama's Secret Service agents on Colombia trip

    President Obama's weekend trip to Colombia is being rocked by the disclosure that up to a dozen Secret Service agents there have been relieved of their duties amid allegations of misconduct with prostitutes.

  • Cuban President Raul Castro (left) greets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Revolution Palace in Havana on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Mr. Carter arrived Monday with his wife, Rosalynn, for a three-day stay on the island. Mr. Carter, who also visited Cuba in 2002, is the only former U.S. president to do so since the 1959 revolution. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, Pool)

    FONTOVA: Jimmy Carter does Havana

    Embracing a recent invitation by the Castro brothers, Jimmy Carter visited Cuba last week. "We greeted each other as old friends," gushed the former president after his meeting with Fidel Castro.

  • WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 16: Former FBI Director Louis Freeh speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" as he is interviewed by moderator Tim Russert during a taping at the NBC studios October 16, 2005 in Washington, DC. Freeh spoke on his allegations about former President Bill Clinton and the Saudis from his new book, "My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)

    WikiLeaks: U.S. concerned about Iranian influence and terrorist activity in Paraguay

    The U.S. has been concerned about about the presence of terrorists - as well as Iranian influence - in Paraguay, according to a cable from the WikiLeaks document dump.

  • In this file photo, Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, left, and Turkey's United Nations Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, are alone to confer inside the United Nations Security Council following a vote to impose sanctions on Iran, New York, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The two nations were the only members of the council to vote against sanctions, which cited Iran's nuclear buildup. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

    General in Latin America trains eye on Middle East

    The top U.S. general in Latin America and the Caribbean said Thursday that he is closely monitoring the activities of Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas in the region.

  • Navy Adm. James Stavridis

    Bolivia's triborder zone a haven for terror funding

    The capture of a key member of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah in Paraguay last month and intensified leftist activity in the Triborder zone of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina highlight renewed threats in a region long considered a hub for terrorists.

  • Navy sends Comfort on humanitarian trip

    NORFOLK (AP) — A converted oil tanker commissioned to serve the medical needs of the Navy is bound for the Caribbean and Central and South America, where the crew will provide medical care to 85,000 patients in 12 countries.

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