President Obama lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this weekend over Iran’s nuclear program after Netanyahu said that the international community was giving Iran a “freebie.”

Obama shot back that the his administration and the group of six world powers negotiating with Iran have not give anything away to Tehran in the talks.

The Afghanistan president said NATO was "especially" to blame for the intelligence failures that allowed Sunday’s attacks by insurgents.

The Obama administration has said that Syria hasn’t lived up to its commitments in a United Nations-Arab League peace plan, but has not indicated what its next moves might be.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey could have more answers this week.

The two top Pentagon officials are testifying in front of the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday about the situation in Syria, where so far the Obama administration has opposed military action or providing arms to the rebel forces.

An ISAF spokesman on CNN praised the performance of Afghan national security forces which responded to the attack.

McCain though continued calls to militarily aid the Syrian opposition, saying that communications and humanitarian aid were not enough.

Defense committees have called senior Navy and Marine Corps brass to Capitol Hill to defend the newly-minted ship strategy. 

Officials are investigating allegations agents were involved with prostitutes in Colombia; Five military servicemembers may also be implicated.

The unanimous resolution comes after Russia and China vetoed a previous measure that would have condemned Syrian President Assad’s crackdown.

Republicans oppose Obama’s planned $487 billion in cuts, but service chiefs say they support the president’s budget and strategy revamp.