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US drone strikes killed four Americans since 2009

UPDATED 6:14 AM EDT, May 23, 2013 | LARA JAKES, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

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UPDATED 21:33 PM EDT, May 21, 2013

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.

New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight to shutter the facility while the military calculates the financial requirements to keep the installation operating.

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UPDATED 21:46 PM EDT, May 21, 2013

Coast Guardsman admits desertion

HONOLULU (AP) — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains of Oahu.

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UPDATED 7:54 AM EDT, May 18, 2013

SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North's intent was unclear.

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UPDATED 23:26 PM EDT, May 15, 2013

Joint Chiefs chair cites military sex abuse crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says women in uniform are losing confidence that the problem of sexual assault in the armed forces can be solved.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, says that diminishing confidence is a crisis for the military.

Dempsey spoke about the problem Wednesday during a flight from Europe to Washington. His remarks were reported by the Pentagon's internal news service.

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UPDATED 6:46 AM EDT, May 15, 2013

Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.

The back-to-back Army and Air Force cases highlight a problem that is drawing increased scrutiny in Congress and expressions of frustration from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Lawmakers said it was time for Hagel to get tough with the military brass.

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UPDATED 6:36 AM EDT, May 10, 2013

General orders extra review of nuke crew failings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress Thursday he was not alarmed by their shortcomings.

Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told a House Armed Services panel that the Air Force assured him it is searching for root causes of the problem among missile launch officers at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.

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UPDATED 7:33 AM EDT, May 9, 2013

Afghan president ready to let US have 9 bases

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. can keep nine bases in Afghanistan after the scheduled 2014 NATO combat troop pullout, the country's president said Thursday, the first time he has made such an offer in public.

Hamid Karzai insisted on "security and economic guarantees" first.

Talks over a deal that would outline the American presence in Afghanistan after next year have been in progress for many months, and few details have been released.

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UPDATED 7:10 AM EDT, May 9, 2013

Hagel wants answers on 'rot' at nuke missile base

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is demanding details of turmoil at a North Dakota military base after revelations that an unprecedented 17 officers were removed from their duty of standing 24-hour watch over the Air Force's most powerful nuclear missiles.

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UPDATED 6:53 AM EDT, May 10, 2013

Afghan Warning

The chief U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan says he is deeply concerned about the ability of the Afghan military to take over security responsibility when U.S. troops withdraw next year and warned the country could once again become a safe haven for terrorists.

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