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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Pentagon poised to trim number of civilian furlough days, expand pool of exempt workers

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Budget cuts ground 3rd of Air Force warplanes; those headed to Afghanistan to be mission ready

Monday, April 08, 2013  Military health care costs have nearly tripled since 2001

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  GOP seeks to smooth roughest cuts, avert government shutdown later this month

Friday, March 01, 2013  Budget fight is limiting the Army's ability to train personnel, the Army's chief of staff said.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce Thursday that more than 230,000 battlefront posts are now open to women.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The proposal that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders sent to the White House this week calls for cuts of $300 billion in discretionary spending to achieve savings of $2.2 trillion over 10 years.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  As ceremonies mark Sept. 11 anniversary, will they mark the passage of a turning point?

Thursday, January 26, 2012  The Army is cutting back. Wednesday U.S. officials announced the Army is planning to slash its number of combat brigades from 45 to as low as 32 and "broadly restructure" its fighting force.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  Is the Pentagon using scare tactics to prevent budget cuts that a growing number is saying are due?

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  As deadlines loom, Congress sputters on spending bills, cutting deficit

Friday, October 28, 2011  Fort Carson's deputy commanding general for support is taking a new assignment at the Pentagon.

Thursday, September 29, 2011  A Massachusetts man with a degree in physics was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.

Sunday, September 11, 2011  A decade later a changed America marks 10 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia rocks Washington area, felt up and down East Coast