Rep. Mike Rogers called arming the rebels risky and said the United States should work with the Arab League against Assad.

“We don’t think the generals are giving us their true advice," Ryan had said of the defense budget last week.

Both sides agree sequestration cannot stand, but remain unwilling to budge on the issue that stands in the way: taxes.

The smaller conflicts elite U.S. forces are fighting around the world are heating up.

A senior administration official would not comment on what effect the sanctions could have on oil prices.

After a seven-month investigation, the Air Force still does not know why its pilots suffered dizzy spells and numerous blackouts while flying the service's newest fighter jet.

From April 2008 to May 2010, 14 "psychological incidents" occurred among Air Force pilots flying the F-22 Raptor jet, according to retired Gen. Gregory Martin, who led the service inquiry into the incidents, who met with reporters Thursday.

Those incidents, which ranged from severe bouts of dizziness to pilots blacking out, prompted the Air Force to temporarily ground the entire Raptor fleet twice last year.

The U.S. military is pushing more troops into Colombia to assist in that country's war with insurgent groups and narcotraffickers, the Pentagon's top military officer said Friday. 

The U.S. Army Reserve said Friday that it had officially reprimanded Jesse Thorsen, the soldier who endorsed Ron Paul in uniform during the Texas congressman's Election Night rally in Iowa. Members of the armed forces are banned from participating in political events while in uniform.

"The investigating officer found that Spc. Thorsen was in violation of DoD Directives and Instructions when, while in military uniform but not on any duty status, he participated in a partisan political rally and made a speech advocating for a partisan political candidate while in uniform, and received a reprimand that has been placed in Spc. Thorsen’s Official Military Personnel File," the Army Reserve said in a statement.

Paul has made support from the troops a selling point of his campaign, frequently noting that he has received donations from more members of the armed services than any other presidential candidate.

A new poll finds a solid majority of Americans, including 56 percent of Republicans, believe the war is going poorly.