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Afghanistan Withdrawal

No Firm Plans For A U.S. Exit in Afghanistan: "New York Times"

nytimes.com | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

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The Obama administration sent a forceful public message Sunday that American military forces could remain in Afghanistan for a long time, seeking to b...

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Clinton, Gates Walk Back Obama's "Locked In" Afghan Withdrawal

Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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Despite the president's commitment on Tuesday that a surge of US and international troops in Afghanistan would "allow us to begin the transfer of our ...

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Afghanistan Withdrawal Date: 'Flexible' Or 'Locked In'?

Huffington Post | Nico PItney | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

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Read below for a new update on December 4. During his speech from West Point on Tuesday, President Obama specified the date when U.S. forces would st...

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Dan Froomkin

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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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 11.17.2009 | World

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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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Time to Sell

Richard Arthur | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Richard Arthur

If Afghanistan was a stock, we would sell it. Their CEO is a crook, their corporate governance is woeful, and too many of their employees are uncommitted to success.

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Afghanistan: The Original Quagmire

James Campion | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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James Campion

The United States must leave Afghanistan now. Not in eleven months or after careful discussion and continued study to determine an undisclosed time, but now.

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George Will: Time To Get Out Of Afghanistan

Washington Post | George F. Will | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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"Yesterday," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol, stepped on a [mine's] pressure...

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