Iraq War

The lessons of the fiscal cliff - Erza Klein of the Washington Post thinks the lesson to take away from the fiscal cliff debacle is the White House will fear default and cave in on their tough talk about not negotiating with Republicans over the debt ceiling.

Panetta said the international military coalition has managed to reverse a five-year trend of growing violence. And he said Afghan forces are on track to take the lead for securing the entire country next year.

The leader of a national veterans' advocacy group urged a congressional subcommittee to force the Department of Defense to immediately reconstruct — if possible — missing military field records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.