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WASHINGTON - Defense Department officials announced the death of a sailor who went missing in Afghanistan's Logar province last week and had been listed as “duty status whereabouts unknown.”

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced he has asked the FBI to help Pentagon authorities investigate the leak of more than 90,000 classified documents published online by the WikiLeaks organization.

WASHINGTON - Women in today’s military serve closer to the front lines than ever before, and as they become veterans the Veterans Affairs Department will be ready to handle their care, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said.

WASHINGTON - An Army task force has released more than 250 recommendations to reduce of suicides and improve mental health care for troops.

WASHINGTON - A new report recommends broad changes to long-term Defense Department strategies and priorities.

WASHINGTON - Defense Department officials want to ensure that anyone whose military enlistment was involuntarily extended under the so-called “stop loss” provision applies for a stipend by the Oct. 21 deadline.

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Utah National Guard's 141st Military Intelligence Battalion will deploy to Iraq with 83 soldiers who have earned Eagle Scout badges from the Boy Scouts of America.

WASHINGTON - Insurgents killed six Afghan civilians and wounded three more in roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON - Iraqi security forces arrested six people affiliated with the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorism organization in combined operations with U.S. advisors.

WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged that some people in Pakistan’s intelligence community had supported the Taliban, but he said that situation is changing.