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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 8 In Pakistan

2012-06-04T00:16:56Z

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas killed eight suspected militants early Monday, Pakistani officials said, as the U.S. ...

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James Zogby: Three Years After Cairo: Partisan Obstruction Continues to Block Change

2012-06-02T11:01:01Z

We live in what I call, "The house that Bush built." Both at home and abroad, the impact of the sometimes neglectful and other times reckless policies of the last administration are everywhere in evidence.

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Mark Cassello: 10 Takeaways From the Anti-NATO Demonstrations, Part 1

2012-06-01T17:27:58Z

While the cloistered glitz of the NATO summit and the publicized gore of the anti-NATO protests left an indelible mark on those who participated in these events, to most the NATO summit was unremarkable. But what have we learned?

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Laura Mola: Once You Go...

2012-06-01T12:00:26Z

Aren't we done with patrician or pseudo patrician white bread elitists who think they know what's best for us because, well they have money.

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Michael Shank: America's Next Move in Afghanistan Must Be a Non-Military One

2012-06-01T15:19:43Z

The best way America can establish the infrastructure for long-term security and stability in Afghanistan is less through military means and more through improvements to quality of life and basic services.

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Harvey Rosenfield: The Super Heroes vs the Super PACs

2012-06-01T15:10:45Z

Looking for the Avengers? If we are going to preserve our democracy against this final assault, citizens are going to have to become the superheroes.

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Taliban Attack Coalition Base In Brutal Raid

2012-06-01T07:59:05Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents detonated a truck bomb, then tried to storm a NATO base Friday in eastern Afghanistan, but coalition for...

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Tyler Way: Wounded Vets Design T-Shirts and Boots

2012-05-31T15:46:28Z

The non-profit, non-partisan organization will be hosting five wounded soldiers -- one from each branch of the military -- and five established designers from all over the country to collaborate in an attempt to share each of the wounded soldiers' powerful stories through graphic design.

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Why Does Congress Refuse To Even Ask The Right Questions About Afghanistan?

2012-05-31T15:09:42Z

Army Lt. Col. Danny Davis, who broke ranks to debunk official reports of progress, cites multiple journalistic and analytical reports that back his pe...

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Adele Bertei: Every Day a Memorial Day

2012-05-31T14:58:25Z

Memorial Day has passed, our day to honor and remember the soldiers, sailors, airmen and women who gave their lives for America. Yet a day does not pass without me mourning the America they've lost their lives for.

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WATCH: Quadruple Amputee Soldier Stands 6 Weeks After Injury

2012-05-31T14:39:34Z

Just a little over a month after Travis Mills lost all four limbs to an improvised explosive device, the staff sergeant is making big plans for the fu...

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PHOTOS: Heroic Army Staff Sgt. Pulls Grenade Out Of Marine's Leg

2012-05-31T09:22:43Z

When Lance Cpl. Winder Perez lay wounded in Afghanistan, the 22-year-old didn't know why bystanders weren't rushing to his side.

But when Navy nurs...

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Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 24 'Memorial Day and PTSD'

2012-05-31T10:20:52Z

As we honor Memorial Day for all the soldiers that gave their lives for this country. I wanted to take the time to honor the unseen casualties returning to our communities with PTSD.

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All In A Day: Suicide Car Bomb, Homemade Bomb, Roadside Bomb, Grenade

2012-05-31T07:54:30Z

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thu...

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Robert Scheer: Hope Burning

2012-05-31T04:08:09Z

Now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children. The Obama answer to human rights groups is the same as that offered by George W. Bush: Get the Justice Department to say that anything goes.

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Civilian Deaths Dropping In Afghanistan

2012-05-30T16:48:42Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of Afghan civilians killed has dropped 36 percent so far this year compared with last, the U.N. said Wednesday, ...

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Meet Afghanistan's First Female Village Chief: She's 50 And A Mother Of 15

2012-05-30T12:24:58Z

A 50-year-old mother of 15 is changing the rules in Afghanistan. Overcoming significant obstacles, Zarifa Qazizadah has become the first female villag...

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Michael Hughes: How U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding the Taliban

2012-05-30T14:45:12Z

The U.S. has been financing both sides of the war in Afghanistan since 2001 as a startling percentage of foreign aid continues to flood Taliban coffers on a daily basis, according to Douglas A. Wissing in his new book.

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LOOK: The Stories You're Missing In Afghanistan

2012-05-30T13:18:18Z

The war in Afghanistan is far from over, though one might forget as much given the Western media's waning interest in the conflict. As the longest war...

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Moisés Naím: The Rise of the Mafia State

2012-05-30T12:17:50Z

The assumptions that there is nothing new regarding crime and corruption and that these plagues are an inevitable part of the human experience are clouding an important change: the ascent of the mafia state, an old player that has gained renewed potency.

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Rick Ayers: Some Anti-war Reflections on Memorial Day

2012-05-30T11:15:49Z

Across the country this memorial day, in parks and at parades, before sporting events and at graduation ceremonies, the hypocrisy of men extolling the glories of warfare was on obscene display.

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Dorian de Wind: I Will Always Call Our Fighting Men and Women 'Heroes'

2012-05-30T11:01:55Z

I categorically reject the opinions of those who say that creating such a class or league of "heroes" would play down the brutalizing effects of war, would justify, even glorify war and would desensitize us to the cruelties and atrocities of war.

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2 NATO Troops Killed In Southern Afghanistan

2012-05-30T07:23:32Z

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An insurgent attack and a homemade bomb killed two NATO service members Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said.
...

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Jon Soltz: Republicans Put Oil Money Above Troops' Lives

2012-05-29T12:40:20Z

While we all love the environment and want to be good stewards of the earth, the military isn't on some kind of ecological mission when it comes to renewables. They're trying to help ensure men and women come home to their loved ones.

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Joyce S. Dubensky: The Real Muslim Problem

2012-05-29T11:19:32Z

When reading about the Afghanistan war, many people begin to conflate all Muslims with the radicals that we hear about on a daily basis. But what about this wonderful woman and her family and friends, who use Islam as a rich resource to promote peace?

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