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Members of San Diego's LGBT community gather to celebrate the expiration of the U.S. military policy "Don't Ask Don't Tell," September 20. 2011.

New White House guidelines leave transgender service members and vets in limbo

Justice

New policies toward transgender troops in the US Armed Forces take a hefty emotional and practical toll for soldiers and vets.

Missile

Iran hits back at US sanctions with ‘reciprocal actions with a high cost’

Conflict
Prisoners released

After being apart for years, four prisoners released from Guantanamo are reunited with loved ones in Saudi Arabia

Conflict
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Creech Air Force Base May 19, 2016. The base in Nevada is the hub for the military’s unmanned aircraft operations in the United States.

For Rosa Brooks, how drones turned from the abstract to the stuff of nightmares

Conflict
Gitmo

Obama has pledged to close Gitmo, but the Pentagon is working to keep it open

Justice
Cancer cluster investigations are notoriously difficult, but civilian and military personnel who've worked at Gitmo are increasingly alarmed.

Working at the Gitmo US military base might cause cancer

Health

The US Navy is investigating a complaint that suggests the war court compound at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be linked to seven cases of cancer, including three deaths in the last 13 months.

The Cyber Warrior

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side

Conflict

Chris Doman doesn’t want to scare you, but cyber attacks are only getting worse. That’s why some hackers like him are pouring their time into “network defense,” trying to keep out cyber intruders that want to steal everything from credit card numbers to industrial secrets.

Antonio Guerra, Cetra's director of Interpreting Services, with his team of interpreters at the US Pacific Command's 13th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference in Seoul, South Korea

How do you say ‘shutdown’ in Spanish or Chinese? Crisis leaves translation contracts in limbo

Business, Economics and Jobs

We visit language services company Cetra, whose contract to provide interpreters at an international defense chiefs conference has been canceled.

Petraeus Scandal Expands

The scandal involving General David Petraeus, his lover Paula Broadwell, and the woman vying for his attention, Jill Kelley has expanded into a sort of love pentagon. Here’s a recap of what we know so far: Jill Kelley lives in Tampa, Florida. She went to the FBI when Paula Broadwell sent her a harassing email. […]

Panetta Aims to Cut Billions from Pentagon Budget

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce plans this week to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Pentagon’s budget. The cuts, precipitated by both the United States’ fiscal situation and a deal passed to raise the debt ceiling last summer, will shrink the military so it will no longer be able […]