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Amanda Terkel

Poll: 72 Percent Of Americans Want Faster Withdrawal From Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wide majorities of Americans across the political spectrum favor accelerating the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, according ...

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Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? The Question Congress Must Answer Now

Tommy Sowers | Posted 05.25.2011

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While U.S. doctrine states that the future Afghan military will be too few to secure Afghanistan, logistics portend that the future Afghan military will be too many for Afghanistan to maintain.

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House Panel Denies Billions In Aid To Afghanistan Pending Corruption Probes

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A key House panel voted Wednesday to cut off almost $4 billion in aid to the government of Afghanistan pending an investigation int...

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Sam Stein

From Outrage To Yawns: How War Has Dropped Off The Political Landscape

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past few weeks, the news out of Afghanistan and Iraq has been pretty grim. Abstruse and bizarre comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai t...

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Obama War Plan Set To Get Congress' Backing, Despite Misgivings

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Facing the prospect of more American deaths in Afghanistan as the war escalates, lawmakers lashed out at neighboring Pakistan on Th...

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