Afghanistan Exit Strategy

Afghanistan: Are We 'Achieving the Objective' While Losing The Longest War in U.S. History?

Tanya Jo Miller | Posted 12.07.2011

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Tanya Jo Miller

October 7, 2011 marks the ten year anniversary of our involvement in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. History. So, one full decade, many lives and a few trillion dollars later, are we winning?

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Ten Years On, No Clear Answers In Afghanistan

AP | By PATRICK QUINN | Posted 08.26.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- For 10 years, ever since the towers fell, the United States has fought a war in a distant land – in hopes, it says, of pro...

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In Afghanistan, The Exit Plan Starts With ‘If'

New York Times | DEXTER FILKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- After nine years of war, the endgame here has finally begun. But exactly when the endgame itself will end seems anyone's guess...

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Afghanistan Conference Agrees On Exit Timetable

AP | DAVID STRINGER and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Thursday that foreign troops must stay in his country for another decade, as world powers agreed o...

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Jason Linkins

Obama's Exit Strategy Critics Have Argument Exactly Backwards

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The narrative that seems to be emerging from the most bellicose critics of last night's speech by President Barack Obama is that his setting a start d...

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The United States Must Stay in Afghanistan

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Sedaei

As President Obama is getting ready to live up to his promise, renew American efforts in Afghanistan and make a number of critical decisions regarding an increase of troops, an ever-growing chorus of liberals is pressuring him to abandon Afghanistan and withdraw without any regards to what will happen next.

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Dan Froomkin

Obama's Afghan Dilemma: The Only Real Exit Strategy Is Political Suicide

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama said yesterday he is still several weeks away from adopting a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. What's taking so long? Obama ...

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To Die for an Exit Strategy

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Blankley

Hearing the president's request for exit strategies at the beginning of what would be "his" Afghan war, how on God's good Earth can we ask those wonderful kids to risk dying for an exit strategy?

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Sam Stein

Gates Contradicts Obama: Afghan "Exit Strategy" A "Strategic Mistake"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday it would be a "strategic mistake" for the U.S. to put a timeline or exit strategy on its presence in Afg...

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MoveOn to Obama: Exit Strategy, Not More Troops to Afghanistan

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Naiman

MoveOn.org is asking its members to write to President Obama in opposition to Pentagon/McCain/Lieberman demands for more U.S. troops to be sent to Afghanistan.

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Obama: US Involvement In Afghanistan Could Enter New Phase Post-Elections

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Raising expectations for scaling back military operations in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hopes U.S. involve...

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