President Obama Visits CIA Headquarters
United States President Barack Obama is escorted by CIA Director Leon Panetta (R) after addressing CIA employees at the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Headquarters) in McLean, Virginia on Monday, April 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)
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Added December 15, 2011 with 70 photos
After nearly nine years, the U.S. military mission in Iraq has come to a formal end as U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recognized an "independent, free and sovereign Iraq" two weeks prior to the official Dec. 31 deadline for U.S. troops to leave the country. The following gallery is a photographic look back at the previous nine years of conflict, tragedy and loss throughout the war in Iraq.
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Added April 28, 2011 with 13 photos
U.S. President Barack Obama's national security post choices bring military skill to the CIA and political know-how to the Defense Department, officials said. Former CIA Director Leon Panetta will succeed Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta received praise from the Anti-Defamation League for his handling of Marines using Nazi symbols.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Several U.S. Marine snipers in Afghanistan posed for a photo in front of a flag bearing the symbol used by the Nazi SS, the Marine Corps confirmed.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to assess the status of military operations in the region, the Department of Defense said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Pentagon Thursday announced women in the U.S. military can consider thousands of new assignments and opportunities that would get them closer to combat.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- If Afghanistan isn't handled properly, that war could simmer for years.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- President Obama welcomes student winners in science, technology, engineering and math competitions from across the United States Tuesday, the White House said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Concern that Israel could soon launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities in rising amid new bellicose statements from Tehran.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Taliban and other anti-government groups are to blame to most of the rising civilian death toll in Afghanistan, a U.N. report said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Asia pivot of U.S. strategy is bumping up against the reality of defense cutbacks. Secret operations combined with breakthroughs in robotic warfare are a realistic strategic stopgap.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A change in law that increased pension pay for top generals and admirals is being re-examined by U.S. lawmakers.
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