Protesters targeted Boeing’s Chicago headquarters on the final day of the NATO summit to take aim at the defense contractor and aerospace manufacturer.

About 200 protesters in Chicago gathered outside of Boeing Monday, throwing paper airplanes and staging a “die in,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The military commander for the Middle East theater and President Obama don't see eye to eye when it comes to Iranian policy, the Daily Beast reports, with the White House scrapping CentCom chief James Mattis's proposal to send a third carrier group to the Persian Gulf.

The request was meant to deter Iran from ramping up tensions at a time when it was threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for international sanctions spearheaded by the United States. Mattis has said the three top concerns in his 20-country zone of responsibility are “Iran, Iran and Iran,” but the Obama administration wants to free up resources to refocus on Asia and the Pacific.

American military drones are returning to Iraq's skies months after U.S. troops withdrew from the country.

Chinese officials Monday said they were “firmly opposed” to an amendment requiring the sale of 66 fighter jets to Taiwan.

The White House reached a major milestone in its plan to set up a European-based missile shield when NATO leaders approved the first phase of the effort on Sunday. 

Obama said his goal was for Afghan forces to take the lead in combat operations in 2013.

U.S. and NATO officials say there is no planning going on to intervene in Syria despite continued fighting there as an international peace plan has failed to quell the violence.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder said at a Sunday evening briefing that there was “no planning going on that’s related to a NATO role in Syria.”

At the NATO summit in Chicago Sunday, Obama said the Afghan war "as we understood it is over." 

Jockeying on an Iran sanctions bill is expected to continue as lawmakers address differences ahead of high-level nuclear talks.