Obama and Afghanistan

War Aways Unpopular, Gates Says, But 'We're on Path to Success' in Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In late 2006, then defense secretary nominee Robert Gates was asked if he thought the United States was winning. In what was one of hi...

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No to Afghanistan? But Didn't We Say...?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't pretend that we haven't spent these past years shouting "Afghanistan! Afghanistan!" at every opportunity. And now that there's a president who's listened, who's reluctantly reached the very same conclusion, we say -- "Nevermind"?

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Carl Levin: Afghanistan Fight Needs Better Strategy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on military matters says a better strategy and a firm resolve to succeed in Afghanistan are more important than ...

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GOP Is Withering About His Dithering

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you look before you leap / And worry that you're in too deep / If flag-draped coffins cost you sleep / You're "dithering."

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Obama's Afghanistan Plan: Marines To Be First Wave

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE and STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Af...

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Could Be a Late Night in Partystan

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Daddy, have you seen the car keys?" "On the table near the door -- you're going already?" "I'm late -- I told Marisa I'd pick her up on the way ...

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Obama Afghanistan

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama didn't set out to be a "war president," but that's what history compels him to be. The nation and the world are fortunate that he doesn't...

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Obama CBS Interview: I'd Fire The Afghanistan Decision Leakers

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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AP BEIJING — President Barack Obama said Wednesday his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will "put us on a path towards ending the war" and that ...

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The New Anti-War Movement: Obama Faces Growing Backlash Over Afghanistan

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Obama's generals consider asking for more troops in Afghanistan, the White House is finding itself confronted with a new problem: lefty w...

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Obama and His Base: Disillusioned, Yet Again

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was the gnawing in his gut that gave it away, that creepy-crawly upset in the pre-dawn darkness. He turned himself to one side, then to the other, ...

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Afghan War To Get More US Troops: Sources

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Widening war in "the most dangerous place in the world," President Barack Obama launched a fresh effort Friday to defeat al-Qaida t...

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Obama sets firm date to end Iraq war he inherited

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — President Barack Obama consigned the Iraq war to history Friday, declaring he will end combat operations within 18 months a...

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Obama Sending More Troops To Afghanistan... Official: 17,000 Is Likely Increase

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Defense and congressional officials say President Barack Obama has approved an increase in U.S. forces for the flagging war in Afgh...

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