...Benghazi in two to three hours, Hicks said.Democrats pointed out that this contradicted the testimony of former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who testified before a Senate...

...military has really looked at themselves strategically, critically, in a long, long time."Maybe not, but outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, when it appeared that the just averted "fiscal cliff" might bring $600 billion in cuts to defense...

...more parochial concerns about nuclear weapons facilities.Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, Obama's choice to be his new defense secretary, has reached out to all 100 senators and will be meeting personally with dozens of them starting this week, according...

...of state, White House chief of staff Jacob Lew to be treasury secretary, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and White House adviser John Brennan to head the CIA.Associated Press writers Larry Margasak, Darlene Superville...

...said it believed it was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islamic video circulating on the Internet. Since then, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and White House press secretary Jay Carney have called the incident a terrorist attack. President Barack...

...in Syria has spilled over the border and into Turkey, with fighting continuing Monday for a sixth straight day. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Saturday the conflict between those neighboring countries could embroil the broader region...

...military leaders did not have adequate intelligence information and felt they should not put American forces at risk, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.In his most extensive comments to date on the unfolding controversy surrounding the...

...active duty, 2.3 million to 1.4 million. Combined with the billions in retirement pay, it's no surprise that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently said personnel costs have put the Pentagon "on an unsustainable course." Yet the resistance...

...they need, every aspect, from the equipment to the technology," she said. Murkowski said she recently spoke to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta about making sure troops aren't pulled from Afghanistan at the expense of those still on the ground...

...Traumatic Stress Disorder. With our military over-stretched, many of those same troops are being sent back to war. Defense Secretary Gates said recently that soldier suicides - not Afghanistan military strategy - is his top priority right now. That...