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Sgt. Kelly Brown is seen at the Marine base at Twentynine Palms, Calif., during a training experiment in 2015 to determine whether women could serve in ground combat positions. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in his office at the Pentagon. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Saturday
Petty Officer 2nd Class Denise Clancy and Capt. Margie Finlay. Joe Buglewicz/Storycorps hide caption
'I'm A Female And I'm A Veteran ... Those 2 Things Are Not Mutually Exclusive'
Friday
An American soldier (right) from the First Armored "Ironhorse" Brigade of the 1st Calvary Division is among those who began arriving in South Korea in mid-January. They are replacing U.S. troops that cycle out in February. He's speaking with a South Korean soldier who's part of an integrated U.S.-South Korean division. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
Welcome To Korea: 4,000 U.S. Troops Arrive At A Tense Time
Government Encryption Request Would Make iPhone Vulnerable, Olson Says
Thursday
The old courtroom building at Camp Justice, site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Director of the National Intelligence James Clapper, seated at the table meets with the Senate Intelligence Committee Feb. 9, including Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. Burr and the committee's minority leader, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are working on a bill that would force companies like Apple to help prosecutors unlock the phones of criminal suspects. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
In Apple-FBI Fight, Congress Considers Aggressive And Measured Approaches
Wednesday
The CIA says employees can be active on social media, but within its guidelines. Andy Baker/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption
CIA Director John Brennan discussed ISIS, the FBI-Apple dispute over an iPhone, the state of the Iran nuclear deal, and his future plans as President Obama's term draws to a close. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
CIA director John Brennan says he has "absolutely the best job in the world." Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
President Obama, flanked by Vice President Biden (left) and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, delivers a statement on the Guantanamo Bay detention camp on Tuesday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, carrying a Hellfire missile, lands at a secret air base after flying a mission in the Persian Gulf region on Jan. 7. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Gen. Michael Hayden, the former head of the National Security Agency and the CIA, testifies before Congress last August. In an interview with NPR, Hayden says the intelligence agencies, not the White House, were responsible for getting it wrong when they concluded that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction prior to the U.S. invasion in 2003. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption