The Pentagon will restart key tests on the military's ballistic missile arsenal that were initially delayed due to growing tensions between Washington and North Korea. 

Testing will begin on the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Tuesday, according to a statement by Air Force Global Strike Command. 

GOP aides are accusing Democrats of politicizing the issue as Congress weighs changes to the military's judicial code. 

Washington and Islamabad are clamping down on smuggling of critical bomb-making materials from Pakistan into Afghanistan by insurgents on both sides of the border. 

The House will vote Monday on legislation to make it a crime to lie about military honors. 

Members of the House Armed Services Committee will begin work next week on the Pentagon's fiscal 2014 budget plan.

House defense subcommittees are scheduled to begin markups this week, with members of the strategic threats subpanel starting things off on Wednesday.

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Obama is expected to lay out the legal justification for armed drone strikes in the address at the National Defense University.

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The Pentagon wants Congress to funnel funds toward expenses for the Afghanistan war and transportation.

The announcement came one day before North Korea reportedly fired three short-range missiles from its east coast.