WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday called the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, a "crime against our nation" and those who defend it.

LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Several adjustments related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could make the plane more expensive for European buyers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department expects tough challenges in Afghanistan as it struggles to address the threats from improvised explosives devices, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, working on his Afghanistan strategy, wants a detailed analysis of the situation in every province in Afghanistan, an official said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- As the Obama administration agonizes over Afghanistan and a flurry of insurgent attacks in neighboring Pakistan rocks that country, Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke has become, surprisingly, nearly invisible. When it came to convincing, cajoling or coercing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept the inevitability of a runoff election, who did the heavy lifting?

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- China's military, committed to peaceful development, is not a threat to any country including the United States, a Chinese military leader said in Washington.

TOKYO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked Japan to relax its ban on arms exports and ship advanced missile interceptors to allies, sources say.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Germany has no plans to pull its troops from Afghanistan, but also has no plans to add more than those it has committed, Germany's defense minister said.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates went to a NATO defense ministers meeting Thursday, saying he could discuss Afghanistan without having decided a strategy.