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NATO's Third Alternative in Afghanistan

Zaman Stanizai | Posted 05.24.2012

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Zaman Stanizai

Now that the NATO summit has decided to transfer power to the Afghans, it is very important that the Afghan armed forces reflect the country's ethnic diversity and become as representative as the democracy they intend to protect.

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Message to American Business: Unemployed Veterans Deserve Call to Duty

Bobby Kotick | Posted 05.21.2012

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Bobby Kotick

They have made the U.S. military the most effective and respected in the world. As America Inc. works to recover and compete on a global scale, what better resource could we add to our workforce?

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Iraqi Leader Calls For Unity, Political Stability

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 03.02.2012

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister called Sunday for unity and greater political stability to ensure the country's security after the end of the Am...

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He Was 22... She Was 12...

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 01.31.2012

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Tom Engelhardt

In what should be a think-outside-the-box moment, the sole lesson Washington seems capable of absorbing is that its failed policy is the only possible policy. Among other things, this means more "incidents," more "mistakes," more "accidents," more dead.

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It's Finally Over -- and It Was Wrong

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.27.2011

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Jim Wallis

The initial feelings that rushed over me after hearing the announcement that we're pulling out of Iraq were of deep relief. But then they turned to deep sadness over the terrible cost of a war that was always wrong: intellectually, politically, strategically and, above all, morally.

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Official: Ugandan Troops Almost Caught LRA Leader Last Month

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 12.17.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The ruthless African bush fighter that some 100 U.S. military advisers will soon help hunt down was almost caught by Ugandan tr...

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Out By The End Of The Year

AP | By LARA JAKES and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 12.16.2011

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BAGHDAD -- The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decisio...

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"Khudahafiz Afghanistan"

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 12.10.2011

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Sarwar Kashmeri

"Khudahafiz" is the South Asian Muslim way of saying "goodbye." It is time for America to say, "Khudahafiz Afghanistan," and end our miserable decade-long war in that country.

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White House Photo Of Dead Troops Ceremony Sparks Protest

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 10.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A White House photographer was allowed to take and widely distribute a photo from the ceremony Tuesday for the return of the remains of ...

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Afghanistan: No More Excuses

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.12.2011

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Jim Wallis

After 10 long years, the national conversation on the war in Afghanistan has changed significantly. And now, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, used for years to justify the war, is over.

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US Sees Spike In Afghan War Casualties

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of all those injured ...

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Obama Calls 10 US Service Members On Thanksgiving (PHOTO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On his first Thanksgiving in the White House, President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones ...

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8 Troops Killed In Afghanistan; Remote Outposts Attacked

AP | ROBERT H. REID and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan bor...

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One Troop

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

For now, we can solve the problems of our fiscal and trade deficits by eliminating the corporate income tax and replacing it with a 3% value added tax. This actually cuts taxes and raises more revenue.

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The Forgotten War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

No so very long ago, Afghanistan was known as "the forgotten war." But these days, Afghanistan is hard to miss in the headlines. Obama needs to begin talking about our newly-forgotten war: Iraq.

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More Troops May Be Needed To Bolster Afghanistan

CNN Politics | Posted 05.25.2011

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(CNN) -- Adm. Michael Mullen, the highest-ranking man in the U.S. military, said the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse, as fresh indications e...

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"We Totally Missed The Boat" - Counterinsurgency Director In Afghanistan

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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At every turn in Kabul, there are the remains and ruins of old kingdoms and empires that provide hard lessons, for those willing to learn them, on the...

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US Troop Withdrawal From Iraq: Your Thoughts, Your Stories (POLL)

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

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**** Scroll down for a poll U.S. troops must withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns by June 30 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement that was ratif...

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First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

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Newest US Troops In Dangerous Region Near Kabul

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul ha...

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Afghan Americans Leave Family, Freedoms To Be Military Translators

Christian Science Monitor | Danna Harman | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the past three years, Torpekay (Peggy) Farhamg, a longtime security guard and dealer at the strip's Imperial Palace, has been living behind concer...

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Sam Stein

Contradicting McCain, Another Iraqi Official Calls for Timetable For Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yet another Iraqi official is specifying the need for deadlines for U.S. troops to leave their country, casting doubt on John McCain's claim that the ...

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Sam Stein

McCain Spokesman: U.S. Should Leave If Iraq Wants Us Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aides to Sen. John McCain sought on Wednesday to clear up their boss' position on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's recent insistence that a timet...

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Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major ...

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A Drunken Night In Iraq, A Soldier Is Left Behind

Washington Post | Donna St. George | Posted 05.25.2011

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he sun had not yet risen in Taji. A young Army soldier lay alone in the dirt. She was alive, but barely. Her ribs had been crushed; her spleen, ruptur...

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