Although the unemployment numbers for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are still worse than the national average, the past three months have seen a sharp decline.

More troops took their own lives in the first half of this year than were killed in combat in Afghanistan.

The sixth edition of the Global Peace Index was released today. The study ranks 158 countries by a number of factors such as overall safety and militarization.

The handover of a U.S. military airbase in Bagram, Afghanistan has some worried about the treatment of detainees imprisoned there.

According to The New York Times "scores" of terror suspects have been killed by drones during Obama's presidency.

Secret forces are becoming more autonomous and less accountable, and are taking on more missions than ever before.

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