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Experts want restrictions on testosterone drug use

Experts want restrictions on testosterone drug use

Matthew Perrone · September 17, 2014 9:46 pm

In this Sept. 16, 2014, photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington. The White House and the Pentagon are grappling with how to explain what American military forces are doing and could do in Iraq as they battle the Islamic State militants. Speaking at U.S. Central Command on Wednesday, President Barack Obama reiterated his pledge to keep American troops out of combat missions. But hours later, Vice President Joe Biden appeared to be less certain about ground troops. "We'll determine that based on how the effort goes," Biden told reporters in Iowa. Biden's remarks echoed comments a day earlier from Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Joint Chiefs chairman, who said he may, if necessary, recommend to the president that U.S. ground forces accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against Islamic State targets, particularly in certain complex missions or if there were threats to the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US military role in Iraq raises combat questions

Lolita Baldor · September 17, 2014 9:41 pm

Muted expectations for Obama, Rouhani meeting

Julie Pace · September 17, 2014 9:34 pm

Correction: Art-Bill Cosby story

Correction: Art-Bill Cosby story

Washington Examiner · September 17, 2014 9:29 pm

House votes to give President Barack Obama authority to train, arm moderate Syrian rebels

House votes to give President Barack Obama authority to train, arm moderate Syrian rebels

Washington Examiner · September 17, 2014 9:08 pm

President Barack Obama walks up the stairs to visit first lady Michelle Obama who was aboard the plane, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama, who had just returned on Air Force One from a trip to US Central Command in Tampa, Fla., drove the short distance in his motorcade. The first lady's office says her visit to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., was delayed because of a maintenance issue with the airplane she was assigned. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mechanical issue slows first lady’s Tennessee trip

Darlene Superville · September 17, 2014 9:07 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., right, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-OK, talk to reporters about cyberattacks from China, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. China's military hacked into computer networks of civilian transportation companies hired by the Pentagon at least nine times, breaking into computers aboard a commercial ship, targeting logistics companies and uploading malicious software onto an airline's computers, Senate investigators said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Senate: China hacked military contractor networks

Jack Gillum · September 17, 2014 8:42 pm

DC proposes concealed-carry licensing program

DC proposes concealed-carry licensing program

Ben Nuckols · September 17, 2014 7:33 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on the Ebola virus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US scientist: Ebola unlikely to become airborne

Lauran Neergaard · September 17, 2014 7:06 pm

Biden says ‘Shylocks’ was poor choice of words

Biden says ‘Shylocks’ was poor choice of words

Josh Lederman · September 17, 2014 7:04 pm

Text of the Federal Reserve’s statement Wednesday

Text of the Federal Reserve’s statement Wednesday

Washington Examiner · September 17, 2014 6:38 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., right, the ranking member, arrive as the panel holds its first public hearing to investigate the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Benghazi probe looks set to go deep in 2016 race

Bradley Klapper · September 17, 2014 6:00 pm