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The United States Constitution prohibits the president from re-engaging the United States military in Iraq to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) without new congressional authorization. Further, the struggle for sectarian power there is irrelevant to our national security. Without the justification of self-defense, United States intervention would additionally create a precedent that would invite intervention by Russia or China in their neighboring countries.

Yes, George W. started the war, but dealing with it is the job Obama asked for.

Calls for American intervention in Iraq follow on a century of misreading the Middle East.

U.S. leaves no soldier behind but legacy in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq not so noble

Lineman Sheldon Johnson came to Gilman as a sophomore weighing more around 300 pounds.

Midshipman Max Allen had been drinking at an Annapolis bar the night he crashed his SUV into a creek and drowned in February, a Naval Academy investigation found.

Carl Powell, who owns The Magnificent Body on Sandy Spring Road in Laurel, collected personal stories from those he met around the globe and last fall began to put those anecdotes down on paper. That resulted in his first book, "21 Steps to Magnificent Lilving," which he self-published in April.

What Mr. Obama said at West Point, with the bark off, is that the U.S. must get off that "perpetual war footing" sometime if it is to get back to problems at home — and he intends to do what he can to see that happen, within the bounds of its global responsibilities.

As Russia's actions in Ukraine rattle its neighbors, the Maryland National Guard is affirming its decades-long partnership with Estonia.

The president defended a measured view of how U.S. foreign policy should be conducted that we believe most Americans share

Craig Copeland, a 44-year-old teacher at McDonogh School in Owings Mills, was voted by Men in Blazers listeners as the winning U.S. Soccer World Cup theme song for his version of "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music."

NASA astronaut and Cockeysville native Reid Wiseman launched to the International Space Station.

Agent Morgan allows Jack to be taken into military custody and takes Lt. Tanner¿s flight key so she can finish the job Jack started.

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned around Harford County today, Monday, to honor those who died in the defense of our country and our liberty.

Murray Blum, and his 12-year-old son, Jordan Blum will travel to Cambridge England around Memorial Day to witness the dedication of the Cambridge American Cemetery visitors center, where an exhibit honors the heroic deeds of Merchant Marine Lt. Murray Blum, who died trying to save another solder's life in World War II.

Manny Azpurua knows how different his life would have been had he gone from a military academy near Syracuse, N.Y., to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

Book chronicles the rise and fall of a worldwide footwear manufacturing center

The Shootout for Soldiers, a 24-hour lacrosse game benefiting wounded American military members that has raised more than $250,000 since its inception, returns to McDonogh on June 19 and 20.

Seeing benefits of two tags in 1946

Enjoy the outdoors at Historic Ellicott City's annual Spring Celebration on Saturday, April 19, from noon to 7:30 p.m.

At the end of January, a team of chemists and engineers left Aberdeen Proving Ground for the Mediterranean Sea to lead the historic destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. More than two months later, they're still waiting for the mission to start.

Hillary Clinton touched the 'third rail' of foreign policy by making a Hitler reference in relation to the crisis in Ukraine.

Why is the CIA trying so hard to hide its alleged mistreatment of terrorist detainees from Congress?

Three white 20-somethings in a college championship round on Jeopardy last week avoided the "African American History" category until the very end. They instead opted first to tackle esoteric entries such as "Kiwi Fauna" and "Weather Verbs" over their own country's past, leaving the black category untouched until it was the only option left.

The U.S. military is due for an overhaul that leaves it more sustainable and better equipped to meet contemporary threats

New leadership and constitution in Egypt are not necessarily bad signs

The Army-Navy rivalry coming to women's lacrosse as Army plans to add the sport for the 2016 season.

Emma Halley, a junior at Glenelg High School, was a winner in the 2013 National History Day competition.

Two days after receiving an award for his work with the U.S. military, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh left for a trip to the Middle East to meet with troops.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh has won the third annual NFL Salute to Service award.

Despite President Hamid Karzai's erratic behavior, the U.S. has long-term interests in Afghanistan that must be protected

I'm glad to see our elected leaders in Washington have approved a plan to allow the federal government to spend money through 2014.

A team of civilian specialists from Aberdeen Proving Ground is heading this week to the Mediterranean Sea for what officials and others say is a historic mission to destroy Syria's chemical warfare stockpile – and one that could serve as a model in the drive to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction.

For years, scientists have suspected that the warm waters of the western Pacific Ocean play a key role in shaping the Earth's climate. But it's been difficult to pin down just how significant, because of the region's remoteness, and satellite data have provided only a partial picture.

In early 2003, I marched through downtown Washington D.C. with my fellow University of Maryland students to protest the Bush Administration's push toward war with the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.

The superintendent of the Naval Academy has dropped all criminal charges against a second football player accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman at a party in Annapolis, officials said Friday.

Fifteen sexual assaults were reported to the academy during the 2012-2013 academic year, the Pentagon reported Friday, up from 13 in 2011-2012.