The killings will fuel further questions about the NATO mission to train the Afghan National Security Force. 

"We're not out of the woods yet," President Obama said in an interview with ABC News.

GOP Sen. Kyl criticized the administration for violating U.S. policy by connecting North Korean nuclear disarmament with nutritional aid.

Press secretary Jay Carney said the U.S. has an “unshakeable commitment” to Israel’s security — an approach that is "very clear."

On Wednesday a new set of sanctions on Iran that Congress passed in December went into effect. Obama administration officials said the tightening sanctions are having an effect, although Iran has not yet made significant concessions on its nuclear energy program.

Under the National Defense Authorization Act, any foreign private bank that does business with Iran’s Central Bank from now on, for any other reason than purchasing oil, will be cut off from doing buiness with the U.S. financial system. On June 28, oil purchases will also be covered by the law. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) authored the sanctions.

David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, told a banking conference Wedensday that Iran’s currency is plummeting, and this is a sign that increasing sanctions, which prompted Europe to cut off oil imports, are having an effect.

“Altogether since early September, the rial has lost about half of its value,” he said. “The Iranian government has tried to stem the decline of the rial, including by banning the sale of Western currency and reportedly restricting Iranian citizens’ ability to trade currency by blocking text messages containing the word ‘euro’ or ‘dollar.’

Cremated partial remains tossed into a landfill at a Dover Air Force Base mortuary included victims of the attacks.

Ahead of next week’s meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two countries’ defense chiefs met on Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosted Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Pentagon on Wednesday, as the United States and Israel both consider how to approach a potential strike on Iran.

Tiger Woods, who became golf’s most famous and dominant figure before his fall three years ago, seriously considered giving up his clubs to become a Navy SEAL, according to a new book from his former coach.

Excerpts from the book The Big Miss, written by Woods’s former coach Hank Haney, said Woods had come up with plans to become a SEAL, and did four days of special-operations training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

The State Department announced North Korea has agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests, missile launches and uranium enrichment.