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What Would Dr. King Think of Ron Paul's "Peace" Platform?

Don Kraus | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Afganistan, Ron Paul 2012, Nobel Peace Prize, Ron Paul Supporters, Martin Luther King, Peace, MLK Day, Politics News

But let's be clear: Ron Paul is no Martin Luther King. While Dr. King most likely would have supported Paul's call for bringing troops home from Afghanistan, King's understanding of what peace means is almost the opposite of Paul's.

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Haqqani Militants Use Death Squads In Afghanistan

The New York Times | Ray Rivera | Posted 01.29.2012

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SABARI, Afghanistan -- As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work of cou...

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British Soldier 'Collected Taliban Fingers'

PA | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Afganistan, Army, British Soldiers, Taliban, Ministry of Defence, Royal Regiment of Scotland, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Home News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Ministry of Defence is investigating claims that a British soldier kept body parts of dead Taliban fighters as "souvenirs". ...

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To Bin Laden, Times Square Crowd Says Good Riddance

Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Afganistan, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Marines, Times Square, Ground Zero, New York, Osama Bin Laden, New York News

This is what it feels like in New York in the middle of the night, just hours after reports that Osama bin Laden is dead. Times Square is a victory pa...

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See The Most Shocking Revelations Found In The Guantanamo Files

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Afganistan, Guantanamo Bay WikiLeaks, Terrorism, Guantanamo Bay, Taliban, Al Jazeera, Slidepollajax, Guatanamo Bay, Wikileaks, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, World News

"Impotence-promoting" drugs. The threat of a "nuclear hellstorm." Prisoners leashed like dogs and forced to urinate on themselves. These are just a...

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We Needed Real Debate Before Bombing Libya

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Afganistan, Libya, Congress, Middle East, U.N., Nato, Npr, Moammar Gadhafi, Barack Obama, Politics News

Both sides of the aisle have done a miserable job of fostering a national debate about the wisdom of going to war. We are witnessing the same issues that dogged us in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

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Another Continuing Resolution: A Real Life Fairy Tale in Washington

Tara Sonenshine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Continuing Resolution, Government Shutdown, Afganistan, Budget Cuts, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News

It would be more than unfortunate if peace abroad becomes a casualty of a domestic war. And it would be expensive in the long-term. Wars cost money and lives. If we don't stop wars overseas, we pay for them at home.

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Rethinking Public Art: Rebuilding Communities

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Afganistan, Community, Creativity, Public Art, International, Cities, Arts News

The way it works now, it is not the public who decides how, where and what "public" art is. Rather, the art is chosen for a community. It is government and government-appointed boards that have that honor.

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A Lesson Not Yet Learned in Pakistan

Don Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afganistan, Drones, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, World News

My friends at CIVIC just released a new report with findings on the conflicts in northwest Pakistan, particularly the civilian harm occurring on a dai...

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Bob Woodward With George Stephanopoulos: What Are The 'Lessons Of Vietnam, World War II' For Obama? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"There's so much to talk about, but let's begin with the news of the morning," George Stephanopoulos said this morning to Bob Woodward, author of "Oba...

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Bob Woodward To Diane Sawyer About Obama's First Days In Office: 'It's A Cold Shower' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Woodward discussed his hotly anticipated new book, "Obama's Wars," with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "World News" last night. "You do have a heart-poun...

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Woodward's Obama Book On Sale Today

Political Bookworm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Books, Bob Woodward, Afganistan, Obama Books, Obama's War, Woodward's Obama's War, Bob Woodward Obama's War, Washington Post, Woodward Washington Post, Books News

The book only lands in stores today but it already feels like it's been around a while. The Washington Post and the New York Times have bashed out new...

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Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: All the President's Men, Watergate, Poll, Joe Biden, President Obama, Bob Woodward, Afganistan, Biden, Obama's War, Barack Obama, War Controversy, War in Afganistan, Woodward, Investigative Journalism, Afganistan Troop Increase, Iraq, Obama War, Books News

Journalist and author Bob Woodward's hotly anticipated new book "Obama's Wars," scheduled for release on Sept. 27, has been making waves on the Intern...

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McChrystal Clear: When Warriors Are Faced With Politics

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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General McChrystal needed a way out of what was becoming for him an unbearable burden: the conflict between the best interests of his country and the best interests of the soldiers who served under him.

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Angelina Jolie, Afghanistan, The New Arts Page

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afganistan, medici.tv, Art, Opera, Sculpture, Angelina Jolie, Kimberly Brooks, Theatre, Arianna, Opinion, Dance, Editorial, Painting, Film, News, Blogging, Arts News

We launched the Huffington Post art page only five weeks ago. Every time I see the tag line below the masthead saying "News and Opinion," I feel the phrase warrants some refinement and clarification.

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Michael Steele "Ain't Goin' Anywhere", Despite Afghan Gaffe

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — In his first public remarks since his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, Republican Party chairman Michael Ste...

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Dying-In to End the Wars

Dan Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afganistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghan War, Afghanistan War, World News

On February 22, 2010, Chris Gaunt began conducting a weekly sit-in at the local offices of her US Senators, Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, in Des Moin...

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The Madding Crowd

Dick Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf, Oil, Emotions, Obama, Facts, Bp, Trust, Afganistan, Politics News

Trust the reasonable man at the helm. Don't deride him for calling things complicated. Let's quiet down, listen for the rational discussion, and let cooler heads prevail.

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Obama Must Tell It Like It Is On Afghanistan

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afganistan, Afghanistan Surge, Afgan-Elections, President Obama, Obama, Iran, Taliban, Barack Obama, Politics News

Back in 2009, President Obama had meeting after meeting with his military chiefs to decide what strategy to take in Afghanistan. I take us back to this decision because at the time, I believe the best and worst-case scenarios looked roughly as follows.

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Yellow Ribbon Stickers: they aren't working (and neither are a lot of veterans)

Clint Van Winkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's easy to say you support the troops, but numbers prove that the support often stops with the placement of a yellow ribbon on the back of a car. 1...

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Jesus Rifles -- The Resurrection

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Trijicon, Iraq, ABC News, Afganistan, Bible Verses, Afghanistan, Jesus Rifles, Rifles With Bible Verses, Rifles, Religion News

Everybody remember those Jesus Rifles? The rifles being used by our troops in Iraq in Afghanistan that have Bible verse inscriptions on their sights? The sights whose manufacturer, Trijicon, was going to be sending the military modification kits for to remove these inscriptions? Well, this isn't going exactly as expected.

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Why the United States Might Lose its AAA Rating

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

A downgrade of the AAA rating of the United States would have profound consequences on our international reputation and leadership. We certainly do not need the aggravation.

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': Healing The Invisible Wounds Of War

Brigadier General Loree K. Sutton, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Military Families, Stress, Afganistan, PBS' This Emotional Life, Relationships, War in Iraq, Ptsd, Sophocles, Veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Healthy Living News

Leaving the battlefield far behind, the war often continues--in hearts and minds, relationships and communities following deployment.

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Good Riddance 'Jesus Rifles'

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Afganistan, Nightline, Trijicon, ABC News, Iraq, Mikey Weinstein, World News

In the wake of Monday's revelation that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were supplied rifle sights adorned with references to New Testament Bible verses, the Michigan-based contractor that manufactures the sights has agreed to stop putting the references on products.

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Good Riddance to 'Jesus Rifles'

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Afganistan, Nightline, Trijicon, ABC News, Iraq, Mikey Weinstein, Politics News

After ABC News revealed that US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were being suppled with rifle sights adorned with references to Bible verses, the manufacturer Trijicon has agreed to stop putting the references on products for the military.

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