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Federal officials have paid millions for reconstruction work in Afghanistan to five subcontractors with ties to enemy groups. (AP File)

Reforms sought to keep U.S. funds from going to terrorist-linked contractors

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Politics

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

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$3 million for an Afghan school building that was never finished

$3 million for an Afghan school building that was never finished

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To meet the mandates of the so-called sequestration, 680,000 Defense Department employees will be forced to take a day of unpaid leave each week over the next 11 weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Politics

Civilian furloughs irk contractors: Sequestration requires 680,000 workers to take 11 days of unpaid leave

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will make good on his promise to cut his own paycheck in solidatirty with furloughed Defense Department employees. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Beltway Confidential

Pentagon furloughs begin; Chuck Hagel, spokesman to chip in

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Afghan officials improperly fining U.S. contractors, harming war effort

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A protester waves a national flag on a roof in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Monday. (AP/ Manu Brabo)
Op-Eds

The thousand-year thaw in Egypt

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USAID distributed solar panels to shop keepers in Afghanistan, many of whom were not equipped for electricity. (Thinkstock Image)
Energy and Environment

US Afghan aid buys solar panels for farmers without electricity

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FILE - In this March 23, 2009, file photo, Army Gen. William

Ex-US commander in Africa says his ouster ‘nothing to be ashamed of’

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Thousands of defense industry workers earn more than Obama, Biden
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Thousands of defense industry workers earn more than Obama, Biden

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