A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, and he did not rule out that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be a target.

President Obama on Thursday signed legislation to fund his troop surge in Afghanistan, even though it was stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs.

Insurance companies that have been profiting from the policies of dead U.S. troops are being investigated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and taking heat from the White House and outraged congressional leaders.

Estimates of the number of graves potentially affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery’s former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.

Details from leaked military documents about the war in Afghanistan provide an unvarnished, eight-day window into the U.S. Army’s hectic search for an Idaho Soldier captured by the Taliban.

Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base, sending a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, military authorities and witnesses said.

The government is scheduled to make its case that six Somali nationals accused in an attack on a U.S. Navy ship committed piracy.

A second U.S. Navy Sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pushed for stronger action against terrorist sanctuaries outside of Afghanistan. In a clear reference to havens in Pakistan, he said: “The international community is here to fight terrorism, but there is danger elsewhere and they are not acting.”

The Texas Soldier who lost his home to foreclosure while serving in Iraq has gotten the house back.