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ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the Defense Department has suspended the security clearance of military members who are being investigated for their possible roles in the Secret Service sex scandal that took place in Colombia earlier this month.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon leaders say the U.S. military continues to plan further ways to try to halt the violence in Syria and will be ready if it's needed.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is announcing new steps to combat sexual assaults in the military.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says there may be more U.S. military members under investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior in Colombia than the five announced over the weekend.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials say a new Army laboratory near Detroit will develop technology such as fuel cells and hybrid systems for combat vehicles. It's part of a broader effort to make the U.S. military more energy-efficient.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. Navy says it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is meeting with Kyrgyzstan's leaders to stress that America needs the continued use of the U.S. air base there beyond the end of its contract in 2014, largely as a transit center to bring troops home from Afghanistan.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - The best fighter pilots from the Air Force, Marines and Navy are still waiting for training flights on the nation's most advanced war plane.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says it's concerned that Iran will consider a terror attack on American soil, but it has no specific or credible threat about such a plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is pleading with Congress to avert automatic, across-the-board cuts that would mean an additional half-trillion reduction in defense beginning next January.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Top U.S. intelligence officials are telling Congress that if Iran is attacked over its alleged nuclear weapons program, it could respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz to ships and launch missiles at regional U.S. forces and allies.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top military leader says Egypt's ruling generals underestimated the U.S. outcry and threat to relations with Washington after their crackdown on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan, telling senators it's time they show they are serious about reducing the deficit.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense officials say the Pentagon is changing its rules to allow women to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.