Panetta announces another PTSD review

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Tuesday announced a new layer in the Army’s investigations into a Madigan Army Medical Center behavioral health program that changed post traumatic stress disorder diagnoses for certain soldiers who were seeking medical retirements at the Army base south of Tacoma.

Senate Hears Plan to Reduce VA’s Backlog

The leader of the Disabled American Veterans implored congressional lawmakers Tuesday to protect veterans’ health care, avoid compensation cuts, and trim the government’s backlog in disability claims. The hearing set the tone for a series of sessions with vets advocates on Capitol Hill.

‘High-Value’ Guantanamo Detainee Pleads Guilty

A former Maryland man has pleaded guilty before a Guantanamo war crimes tribunal to helping al-Qaida plot attacks from his native Pakistan.

With Dinner for a Few, Obama Honors All Iraq Vets

WASHINGTON — Richard Nixon threw a huge gala for former Vietnam POWs. Harry Truman cheered at multiple parades honoring veterans of World War II. Andrew Johnson presided over the pageantry of a two-day review of Union troops at the end of the Civil War.

Air Force says 2002 Pentagon memo guided disposal of 9/11 remains

Mortuary officials at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware were following Pentagon instructions when they disposed of remains from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, according to the Air Force’s top general.

SKorea welcomes NKorea’s nuclear agreement with US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is welcoming North Korea’s agreement with the United States to suspend uranium enrichment and put a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests.