Defense

Clinton revamped embassy security ahead of scathing Benghazi report

Three State Department officials resign after outside panel finds 'systemic failures' leading to diplomats' deaths in Libya.

Defense

Pentagon will have to shed thousands of jobs during next few years under bill

Provision to reduce civilian and contractor workforces included in House-Senate version of Defense legislation.

Nextgov

Don’t throw vets over fiscal cliff, senator says

Bernie Sanders warns COLA changes would hit disabled veterans hard.

Defense

Military seeking the death penalty for one of its own for first time in 50 years

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales could face execution if the Army's prosecution is successful.

Management

Three at State Department resign following Benghazi report

Security chief and two others step down, AP says, citing unnamed source.

Defense

The guilty conscience of a drone pilot who killed a child

The lessons of remotely piloted missions over Afghanistan.

Defense

Marines retreat on sponsorship of Ultimate Fighting

Union claims success in campaign against recruiting in venue viewed as sexist, homophobic.

Defense

Is Chuck Hagel a pacifist?

The former GOP senator, a possible Obama nominee to run the Pentagon, is haunted by Vietnam.

Defense

GAO: Management of job placement services for military spouses could be better

Watchdog says Defense needs to improve guidance and monitoring of multi-million dollar employment assistance programs.

Defense

How the main candidates for Defense chief differ

Chuck Hagel and Michelle Flournoy, both haunted by the ghosts of Vietnam, represent a stark choice for Obama.

Defense

Don't trust 'Zero Dark Thirty'

The acclaimed thriller represents a troubling new frontier of government embedded filmmaking

Defense

American troops are headed to Turkey to defend against Syria

Leon Panetta signed the order personally on Friday morning after arriving in Turkey on an unannounced visit to the US Air Force Base in Incirlik.

Management

Analysis: Obama gets a solution to his Susan Rice problem

Leading secretary of State candidate allows him to dump her without seeming to.

Defense

Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration

Obama says he regrets how she was treated, praises her for putting national interests first.

Defense

Meet Chuck Hagel, your 'likely' new Secretary of Defense

The former senator and infantryman reportedly visited the White House to discuss the position.

Defense

Obama is not happy about Syria using SCUD missiles against the rebels

This is the first time Syrian military has used the weapons inside their own country.