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More Troops, More Rotations, More PTSD: Will Positive Psychology Save Our Soldiers?

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Bethesda Naval Hospital, Pentagon, Troops, Emdr, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Department of Defense, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Hypnosis, Acupoint Tapping, Veterans Administration, Posttraumatic Stress, Afghanistan, Iraq, Positive Psychology, Guided Imagery, Ptsd, Walter Reed, Health, Living News
Belleruth Naparstek

Positive psychology may be worthwhile for corporate team building and personal growth, but does it have the mojo to counter the profound despair and disorientation that comes from the horrors of combat?

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A Roadmap For 2010 DADT Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Sen. Carl Levin, Joseph Rocha, President Obama, National Security Council Advisor Gen. James Jones, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, Rep. Patrick Murphy, Afghanistan, Congress, Iraq, Sen. John McCain, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

President Obama has said he would sign legislation overturning the ban on gays in the military. Here's a roadmap to make sure that happens in 2010.

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Scientists: The Nukes Are Alright

Joe Cirincione | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Congress, Strategic Posture Commission Report, Department of Defense, Jon Kyl, President Clinton, Test Ban Treaty, United States, World News
Joe Cirincione

In a blow to the far-right, the premier scientific panel advising the Defense Department has concluded that U.S. nuclear weapons don't need new tests or new designs.

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The New Surge: Overcoming Poverty in America

Douglas Forbes | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Child Poverty, Department of Defense, Homelessness, US Poverty, War, Family Promise, The Heritage Foundation, Doug Forbes, Impact News
Douglas Forbes

The population of New York, Florida and Washington D.C. combined represents the number of Americans who must currently choose between food or gas, between a doctor's visit or an electric bill... between life and death.

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Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?

David Sirota | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Department of Defense, Health Care, Politics News
David Sirota

If the Great Depression taught us anything, it is that slashing spending in the name of deficit reduction is a great way to exacerbate a bad economic situation.

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Official: Obama Does Not Plan To Accept Afghan War Options, Wants Handover Details

AP | BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, White House, Mcchrystal, Karzai, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Exit Strategy, Timeline, Afghanistan Strategy, Mike Mullen, Obama, Jim Jones, Afghanistan War, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing ...

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Why Military Dreams Fail -- and Why It Doesn't Matter

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, US Drone Missiles, Predator Drones, Drones, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

Robot war. It just couldn't be cooler, could it? Especially if the only blood you spill is the other guy's, since our "pilots" are flying those planes from thousands of miles away. So why am I not excited?

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CBS News: Obama Has Decided To Send Almost 40,000 Troops To Afghanistan

CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Afghanistan War, Combat Brigades, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Support Troops, Obama, Hamid Karzai, Pashtun, Afghan War, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, White House, Un, Mullen, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more tro...

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McClatchy: Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Afghan Election, Department of Defense, Troops, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Obama, Withdrawal, Dod, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, Soldiers, Military, Surge, Waziristan, Troop Level, Afghanistan Decision, Un, Robert Gates, Afghan Decision, Stanley McChrystal, Troops for Afghanistan, World News

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it unti...

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The Myth of Collateral Damage: Truth, Consequences and a Challenge to 'Say It Plain'

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Refugees, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Middle East, Iraq, Refugees, State Department, Barack Obama, World News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The Iraqi refugee tragedy continues to unfold. It is time for proactive policy and action, for Americans to make friends of the people we were seeking to help by doing the right things.

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Mapping Congo's Militarized Mines

David Sullivan | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Jim McDermott, Conflict Minerals, Department of Defense, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mining, Defense Authorization Act, Africa, United Nations, Electronics, State Department, War Wire, World News
David Sullivan

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 has been making news because of all the things left out of it, including billions of dollars in cuts to expensive weapons systems.

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Department of Defense, Anthony Zinni Obama, Anthony Zinni, War in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Afghan War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Mcchrystal Afgahn Strategy, Department of State, Civil-Military Relations, Robert Gates, John Abizaid, Stanley McChrystal, Congressional Oversight, Afghan Civilians, Aghanistan, Afghanis, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War

Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Karzai, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Pakistan, Afghan War, President Obama, Kabul, Taliban, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Afghanistan War, Obama Decision, Mcchrystal, Marines, Military, War Games, Hoh, State Department, Nato, Matthew Hoh, More Troops, Iraq, Gates, Mullen, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...

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Obama's Decision On Afghanistan Troop Levels Likely Between November 7 And 11; More Troops Likely

ABC News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kabul, White House, Abdullah Abdullah, Gates, Pentagon, President Obama, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Afghan War, Mullen, Karzai, Japan, Afghanistan War, Obama Decision, Nato, Military, War Games, Mcchrystal, Department of Defense, Taliban, More Troops, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Politics News

Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the A...

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US Held Secret War Game To Test Afghan Troop Levels

Washington Post | Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Test, Kabul, Troop Levels, White House, Afghan Election, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Obama, Karzai, War Game, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, Troop Level, More Troops, Gates, World News

The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by th...

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Raw Story: Bush Pentagon Used Psychological Operation On US Public

The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psy Ops, Community Relations, Psyops, Pentagon, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Torie Clarke, Iraq, Bryan Whitman, Bush Pentagon, Psychological Operations, Propaganda, Defense Department, Bush, Department of Defense, Politics News

A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed...

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New York Times: Military Establishment Frustrated With Pace Of Obama's Deliberations On Afghan War

New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Karzai, Troop Levels, Kabul, Afghanistan War, Afghan Election, Pentagon, Afghanistan, Obama, Afghan War, War Dead, Nato, Robert Gtes, Mcchrystal, Stanley McChrystal, Department of Defense, More Troops, Died, Obama Troops, Casualties, World News

After nearly a month of deliberations by Mr. Obama over whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, frustrations and anxiety are on the rise ...

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Stewart Nozette (PICTURE): Scientist Arrested On Spy Charges Worked For Department Of Defense

AP | LARRY MARGASAK and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israel Espionage, Chevy Chase, Department of Defense, Spy Charges, Spy, Israeli Spy, Israel, Stewart Nozette, Stewart David Nozette, Espionage, Dod, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along...

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John Kerry On Afghanistan: Sending More Troops Is "Irresponsible" Until Afghan Election Is Settled

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan War, Department of Defense, Troops, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Pakistan, Kerry, Kabul, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, John Kerry, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Gen. McChrystal, Afghanistan Election, Gates, Robert Gates, World News

In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States should not proceed ...

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Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham: Update

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Military Strategy, Army, Ieds, Mraps, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Oshkosh Truck Corp, M-Atvs, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Humvees, Oshkosh MRAPS, Donald Rumsfield, Afghanistan War, World News
Reese Schonfeld

Even as we buy and produce new MRAPs, train the troops to use them, and look for ways to deliver them, the President is still attempting to define our strategy for how we will wage the war in Afghanistan.

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Cannibal Conservatism: Author Makes Up Charges Against Secretary Gates

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Aircraft, Airbus, Defense Secretary Rober Gates, Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Fuel Tanker, Contracting, Procurement, Air Force, Northrop, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

In a time of crisis, Republicans begin to eat their own. The infighting has been going on for months and has occasionally touched the national security establishment.

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Conde Nast to End War in Afghanistan

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Taliban, Department of Defense, Conde Nast, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

In what some experts are calling a bold and unorthodox strategy, the U.S. Department of Defense has hired the Conde Nast magazine group to end the unpopular war in Afghanistan.

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Happy Birthday, AFRICOM!

Brian Palmer | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Africom, Military, Pentagon, Africa, Special Forces, Department of Defense, Liberia, Nigeria, Department of State, U.S. Africa Command, Inside DC, World News
Brian Palmer

Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.

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8 Troops Killed In Afghanistan; Remote Outposts Attacked

AP | ROBERT H. REID and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Pentagon, U.S. Troops, US Troops, Dod, Col. Randy George, Outposts, Nato, Military Deaths, Tribal Militia, Counterinsurgency, Coalition, Mcchrystal, Department of Defense, Taliban, Afghanistan, Insurgency, American Troops, Nuristan, World News

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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Fresh Breeze Blowing in the Pentagon

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, National War College, Elaine Donnelly, Boston Globe, Department of Defense, Col. Om Prakash, Joint Forces Quarterly, Defense Secretary William Perry, Gao Report, Dadt, New York Times, Admiral Mike Mullen, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Elizabeth Bumiller, Jfq, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

An Air Force colonel's new article is the closest we've ever come to recognition by an official Pentagon publication that "don't ask, don't tell" has got to go, and go soon.

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