Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a joint news conference at the Pentagon, last month. Hagel has ordered the retraining of every person in the US military who works in sexual assault prevention. (Evan Vucci/AP/File)
2:16 pm ET -For the second time in two weeks, a military official tasked with combating sex assault has been accused of sexual assault. All military sex assault counselors must now undergo retraining.
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- Defense secretary worries sexual assault in military nearing a tipping point (+video)
- Sexual assault in military: Pentagon report, scandal deal a double blow (+video)
- A no-fly zone over Syria? Harder to do than in Libya, warns top US general (+video)
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- Syria chemical weapons: Pentagon weighs evidence, plans response
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North Korea: US military braces for heightened readiness
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey says 'we’re in a period of prolonged provocation' with North Korea and its young dictator, Kim Jong-un. The US will continue holding military exercises with South Korea, Dempsey says.
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Pentagon sends troops to Jordan to counter Syria chemical weapons threat
The Pentagon said this week it would send a small number of troops to Jordan to help forces there deal with Syria's chemical weapons threat and to prevent the civil war from spilling over.
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Afghanistan war can yet be won, US general tells Congress
The commander of US forces in Afghanistan outlined three achievements that would secure a 'win' after 11 years of combat – acknowledging none is yet in hand. He gave Congress a report Tuesday on the war's progress.
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Time for a preemptive strike against North Korea? Some say yes.
A University of Texas professor argues for a strike against North Korea in a New York Times op-ed. Some US military planners are sympathetic to the idea, while others accuse him of being a warmonger.
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Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles
An unclassified Pentagon report not yet released to the public suggests that North Korea can arm missiles with nuclear warheads, a lawmaker revealed Thursday.
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Pentagon warns North Korea: You are 'very close to a dangerous line'
North Korea is unpredictable, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says. That's why the Pentagon aims to ratchet down tensions, even as it tries to 'prepare for every contingency.'
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Top admiral worries North Korea crisis could escalate 'pretty quickly'
In congressional testimony, the head of US Pacific Command said tensions stoked by North Korea mean that one miscalculation could lead to 'significant combat activity from the North.'
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Amid North Korea crisis, US scrubs missile test to avoid 'misperception' (+video)
Calling off the missile test – which had nothing to do with North Korea – is just one way the US is quietly trying to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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Hagel invokes Eisenhower as he signals era of austerity at Pentagon (+video)
In his first major policy speech, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks of employing military power 'judiciously' and using resources 'with a minimum of waste.'
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Kim Jong-un: Can US trust North Korean leader to act rationally?
Kim Jong-un isn't the first North Korean leader to use threats for political gain. But the West doesn't really know what to make of him because of his youth and the uncertainty that shrouds the country.
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