Stefanie Pelkey, left, and T.J. Hart met while volunteering at a veterans center in Houston. StoryCorps hide caption
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Former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear physicist Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni was sentenced Wednesday to five years in jail. Heather Clark/AP hide caption
Monday
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Hagel: Stress Of 'Nonstop War' Forcing Out Good Soldiers
Saturday
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, shown here in his Pentagon office Friday, explained that transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees required action from many parts of the federal government. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress about Iran on March 3. The White House was not consulted on the invitation. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
Netanyahu Speech To Congress Is High-Risk, High-Reward, Analysts Say
Thursday
An aerial view from March, 2014, shows the Presidio of Monterey located in Monterey, Calif. The Army base, which is home to the Defense Language Institute, has partnered with the city in an effort to curb costs. Natela A. Cutter/U.S. Army via Flickr hide caption
At The Monterey Presidio, City And Army Partner To Reduce Costs
Tuesday
A 'Guantanamo Diary' From A Prisoner Still On The Inside
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In this June 27, 2006, file photo U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The U.S. announced the transfer of four detainees from Guantanamo to Oman; one will go to Estonia. Brennan Linsley/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility In 'Charlie Hebdo' Attack
Tuesday
Democratic Congressman André Carson of Indiana says he converted to Islam as a teenager after witnessing Muslims "pushing back on crime" in his neighborhood. courtesy of André Carson hide caption
Rep. André Carson To Become First Muslim On House Committee On Intelligence
Friday
Abu Hamza al-Masri, also known as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, at a 2002 fundamentalist Islamic conference in London, where he condemned what he called oppression of Muslims in the West. Masri was sentenced Friday in U.S. court to life in prison on terrorism-related charges. Alistair Fuller/AP hide caption
Thursday
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program guarantees insurance payments in case of a terrorist attack at places like shopping malls, big-city high rises, and events like the Super Bowl. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption