Family sues US after dead Marine's body sent home without heart

The missing heart of a dead Marine from Chester County, Pa., is at the center of an international mystery that threatens to entangle two governments in a Philadelphia court battle.

Top US general: negotiations done on Afghan deal

America's top military officer said the U.S. has no intention to renegotiate a security deal with Afghanistan and that a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country at the end of 2014 could reverse gains made by the fledgling Afghan forces in their war against the Taliban.

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Pentagon reviewing enlistment policies on illegal immigration

The Pentagon started the review after the Obama administration issued a policy memo last month that says spouses, children and parents of U.S. military service members and veterans could be eligible for a reprieve from deportation.

Policy spares servicemembers' families from deportation

While soldier fights for his country, his wife struggles to stay in the US

At end of 5-nation trip, Hagel restates immutable US presence in Mideast

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wrapped up his five-country trip to the Middle East on Tuesday in a meeting with troops at a critical U.S. air hub that once dared not speak its name.

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Fight against terrorism tops Hagel's agenda in Pakistan

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Admiral: Navy Yard shooting site will remain command headquarters

Workers at the Washington Navy Yard building where a gunman killed 12 people in September will return to their offices after an extensive renovation of the interior, said the admiral in charge of the command headquartered there.

JBLM medic training squeezes in more 'disasters' in fewer flights

The Joint Base Lewis-McChord flight nurses in the air Sunday had unbelievably bad luck during their training scenario inside a C-17 Globemaster III jet.

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Japanese WWII flag, taken as a war trophy, returns in friendship

A Rising Sun flag — taken from a dead Japanese soldier on Tinian island in 1944 — sat in a box at Kenneth Udstad’s home for 68 years.

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Family sues US after dead Marine's body sent home without heart December 10, 2013
Pentagon reviewing enlistment policies regarding illegal immigration December 10, 2013
Littoral combat ship's maiden deployment marked by highs, lows December 11, 2013
City upset it wasn't consulted on possible 'residual' US forces plan December 11, 2013
At end of 5-nation trip, Hagel restates immutable US presence in Mideast December 10, 2013
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Re-enactments, parade mark Battle of the Bulge remembrance December 10, 2013
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