Writer: Pauline Jelinek

November 28, 2013
1:24 am

Illustrative photo of the USS Kearsarge steaming into the Gulf of Aqaba (photo credit: Official US Navy Imagery/File)

US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons at sea

The plan, still subject to final approval, calls for disposal to take place on an American ship in the Mediterranean

By Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek

August 21, 2013
6:33 pm

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Tuesday, July 30 (photo credit: AP/Patrick Semansky)

Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

US soldier convicted of 20 offenses, including six Espionage Act violations, five theft counts and computer fraud

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek

July 2, 2013
4:23 am

Bradley Manning, escorted from a court hearing, May 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Patrick Semansky)

Prosecution: Manning’s leaked info found in bin Laden’s compound

Government lawyers cite al-Qaeda magazine in effort to prove former soldier knowingly aided the enemy by posting documents on WikiLeaks

By David Dishineau and Pauline Jelinek

December 4, 2012
1:27 am

Illustrative photo of a chemical weapons stockpile (photo credit: CC BY-jenspie3/Flickr)

US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD

‘If you use chemical weapons,’ Obama tells Assad, ‘there will be consequences and you will be held accountable’

By Kimberly Dozier and Pauline Jelinek

July 17, 2012
6:32 am

Illustrative photo of the USS Enterprise, a US Navy aircraft carrier that was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2012, before being decommissioned at the end of the year. (Official US Navy Imagery/flickr)

US to send aircraft carrier to Middle East earlier than planned

Pentagon spokesman points to ‘wide range of security issues’ in the region

By Pauline Jelinek

June 15, 2012
2:28 am

Pentagon makes June gay pride month

Officials say US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants to honor the contributions of gay service members

By Pauline Jelinek