Defense chief warns most Americans detached from wars, see service as something others do

Gates says too few in US bear the burdens of war

As US troops go home, Baghdad bookstore mirrors Iraq’s fortunes 7 years after invasion

How goes Iraq? view from a bookstore is revealing

Marines sharply increase mental health care for troops, fight military’s highest suicide rate

Marines pour resources into mental health care

Refugees, survivors of war prepare for their next challenge _ attending American schools

Refugees prepare for next challenge: School in US

New refugee students in NYC get ready for school in the US, from academics to fire drills

New refugee students in NY get ready for US school

Glitch shows how much a lean US military relies on GPS: ‘Everything that moves uses it’

Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS

13-year-old piano prodigy from Los Angeles performs in Iraq, gets standing ovation

13-year-old US pianist plays with Iraq orchestra

13-year-old piano prodigy from Los Angeles performing with Iraqi orchestra

13-year-old US pianist playing with Iraq orchestra

Senate panel takes up Iraq, Afghan war funding measure as Democrats courts GOP support

News Pres Obama Healthcare

Who succeeds Iraq’s top Shiite cleric is as much about foreign meddling, money as about piety

Who succeeds top Iraqi cleric not just about piety

Army heeds recent vets, finally drops bayonets from basic training to focus on abs, fistfights

Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp

AP-GfK Poll: Americans detest Congress, sticking by Obama in tough times ahead of elections

The White House

US troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwait

US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait

Army Capt. Michael P. Cassidy

Clinton: Iran becoming a military dictatorship with the Guard Corps supplanting government

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship

After rocky start, VA more smoothly processing new GI Bill claims for Iraq, Afghanistan vets

VA more smoothly processing new GI Bill

WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department is more efficiently cutting checks for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to attend college this semester, following a rocky rollout last fall that left veterans so cash-strapped there was concern some wouldn’t re-enroll.

An agency-by-agency look at Obama’s budget request for fiscal 2011

President Barack Obama
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Text of President Obama’s first State of the Union address

Protesters rally outside the White House

US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa

US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa