FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

KEYSER, West Virginia (AP) — More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) — The Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean.

NEW YORK (AP) — Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo detainee in federal court against charges that he participated in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A $106 billion bill to fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan headed for a close vote in the House. Complicating the outcome is the inclusion of money for poor countries, aid to Pakistan, pandemic flu preparation and government rebates to people who trade in gas-guzzling cars.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. troops may remain in an Iraqi city threatened daily by al-Qaida past a June 30 withdrawal deadline, the top American commander there said Tuesday in a widely watched test of the nation’s new security agreement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ proposed budget would cut back some of the industry’s largest deals, from a big upgrade of Army fighting units to contracts for new cargo planes and stealth destroyers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he outlined deep cuts to many of the military’s biggest weapons programs.