1.0 link 88547 <![CDATA[Biden: Afghanistan "The Forgotten War", Pakistan "The Neglected Frontier"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/26/biden-afghanistan-the-for_n_88547.html Two major Democratic voices on foreign policy warned on Tuesday that the United States was perilously ignoring a growing threat as it remained bogged down militarily in Iraq.

Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Sens. Joseph Biden and John Kerry labeled Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively the "forgotten war" and the "neglected frontier," warning that the border between the two nations was a nexus of security threats where U.S. neglect was seeding greater terrorist activity.

"Afghanistan is slipping toward failure because it...

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