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China says it has had "a frank, in-depth talk" with North Korea about the situation on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang's planned satellite launch provoked an international outcry.
Driven by pressures to cut spending in its 2013 budget, the Navy wants to take two extra years to build the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, which is to be constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says efforts to hand over security to the Afghans and wind down the war are on track despite anger over a massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Korans.
A Pakistani parliamentary committee recommending a new direction for ties with the United States said on Tuesday it wants a halt to attacks in Pakistan by U.S. drones.
A classified war simulation this month assessing the repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran forecasts that it would lead to a wider regional war, which could draw in the United States.
During an all-hands meeting with Coast Guard units from Glynn and Camden counties, Adm. Robert Papp Jr. answered questions about the organization's future.
North Korea on Sunday rejected criticism of its planned long-range missile launch, which threatens to upset China and set back relations with the United States.
Special operations forces could soon enjoy more time at home as part of an effort to take care of and preserve a joint force that has shouldered a relentless operational tempo over the past decade of war.
Construction contracts for four more littoral combat ships were awarded March 16 by the Navy, bringing the total number of LCS vessels under order or in service to 12.
The Secretary of the Navy told a Senate committee he does not know whether a contractor has been hired yet to conduct an independent review of plans to relocate thousands of Marines from Japan to Guam.