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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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U.S. Approves $209M For Afghan Embassy Projects (POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: US Embassy, US Embassy Baghdad, Afghanistan, U.S. Embassy, Department of State, US Embassy Kabul, Poll, World News

According to the U.S. State Department's website, a contract has been awarded for $209,392,452 to build housing and what sounds like a shopping center...

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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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Private Military and Security Companies Wanted for Hire by CIA as "Hitmen"?

Amnesty International | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Nisour Square, Human Rights, Department of Defense, Cia, Private Contractors, Blackwater, Xe, Iraq, Department of State, Home News
Amnesty International

Congress needs to pass legislation that will close the legal vacuum in which private military and security companies are operating.

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USAID Director Vacancy Threatens Agency's Future

Washington Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton begins a seven-country African trip with a visit to Kenya, the main U.S. foreign aid agency is in limbo, ...

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The Koh Kerfuffle: The Company You Keep

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harold Hongju Koh, Barack Obama, Harold-Koh-Nominee-for-State-Department-Legal-Advisor, Conservatives, Department of State, State Department, Harold Koh Nominee for State Department Legal Advisor, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

I offer the following lists of those supporting and those opposing President Obama's nomination of Harold Hongju Koh to serve as Legal Adviser in the Department of State. Those on both lists have one thing in common: they describe themselves as conservatives.

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Obama Signals Shift in Governing Philosophy

Max Stier | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, u.s. Economy Problems, Nancy Killefer, Congress, Federal Workers, Steven Chu, Federal Government, President Obama, President Obama Administration, Operations, Peter Orszag, Obama, Policy, Department of State, Federal Employees, Economic Crisis, Obama Administration, Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Administration, Politics News
Max Stier

He is not just saying we need to improve government operations. He's saying we need to put this issue front and center and then he is taking real action.

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10 Questions That Should Have Been Asked of Powell...

Richard Grenell | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Wmd, Iraq, Department of State, Richard Grenell, Powell, 2008 Election, Politics News
Richard Grenell

Why did you wait for the last 16 days of the general election to speak out if you were truly troubled about "your party's direction"?

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Refugee International, General Petraeus Surge, Shi'a Truce, Iraqi Benchmarks, United Nations, Internally Displaced Persons, US Congress, Sunni Ethnic Cleansing, Department of State, Ngo, Muqtada Al Sadr, The Surge, Unhcr, Justice and Accountability Law, Iraqi Refugees, Ehtno-Sectarian Violence, Sadrist Shi'A, Department of Defense, Siic, Kurds, Constitutional Review Committee, Abdul Al-Hakim, Baghdad, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, John McCain, Government Accountability Office, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Basra, Kirkuk, Ethnic Cleansing, Badr Corps, Marine Corps General Jones, Population Shifts Baghdad, Ucla, Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service Report, Second Largest Refugee Crisis, Shi'a Militias, Center for American Progress, War on Terror, De-Baathification Law, Sons of Iraq, Second Presidential Debate, Transparency International, Crc, 2008 Presidential Race, War in Iraq, International Crisis Group, Sigir, Msm, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Peshmerga, Maliki, Sectarian Violence, Dr. John Agnew, General Petraeus, Sunni Awakening, Icg, Krg, Igos, Isf, Idp, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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