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General Named To Take Over U.S. Command In Afghanistan Endorses Obama's Drawdown Plan

AP | ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.27.2011 | World
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WASHINGTON — The Marine general expected to carry out President Barack Obama's order to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July s...

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Advice for a President Hoping for No Change

Frank Dwyer | Posted 08.23.2011 | Politics
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Frank Dwyer

Get troops down to Bush levels by 2012, and then run against Bush!...

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The Afghan Commitment America Needs

Richard N. Haass | Posted 08.23.2011 | World
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Richard N. Haass

The president just announced that "it is time to focus on nation-building at home." He is right. This is a strategic investment in our future competitiveness and capacity to lead; it is not isolationist.

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Predicting Obama's Afghanistan Announcement

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Obama, from many accounts, will be using a tactic in his primetime speech that I would call "muddying the waters." The president is going to have a more complicated withdrawal schedule than one might have expected.

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Top Democrat Becomes War Critic

politico.com | DAVID ROGERS | 6/2/11 9:04 PM EDT | Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics
Read More: Politics News, Politics, War Critic, Afghanistan, War, Norm Dicks, Democrats, Afghanistan Drawdown, Drawdown, Afghanistan War, Anti-War, Politics News

With surprising bluntness, the top House Democrat on defense and appropriations is warning that President Barack Obama can’t ignore the growing “w...

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The Top 3 Signs This War Will End

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2011 | World
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Jim Wallis

Congress is fed up with the war in Afghanistan, and its members' turn against the war mirrors the quickly changing public opinion.

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Karzai: U.S. Should Reduce Intensity, Stop Night Raids In Afghan War

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations, e...

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Boehner Hits, Then Praises Obama Over Iraq Strategy

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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House Minority Leader John Boehner appeared to be sending mixed messages Monday on whether to support or bash President Barack Obama over his Iraq War...

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The Runaway General, Part II: General Conway

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

President Obama needs to come out right now and reiterate that there will be a drawdown that begins no later than July 2011 and that it will involve significant numbers of U.S. troops.

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Petraeus, Young Officers To Press For Slower Afghan Drawdown

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Congress, Officers, Afghanistan, Kabul, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Kandahar, White House, Surge, Nato, General Petraeus, Counterinsurgency, Drawdown, World News

American military officials are building a case to minimize the planned withdrawal of some troops from Afghanistan starting next summer, in an effort ...

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Jason Linkins

Petraeus Supports July 2011 Timetable, Sends Faint Signal On Strategy Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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In Michael Hastings's report on the war in Afghanistan and General Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone magazine, the reporter brought to light a signi...

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Jason Linkins

Petraeus: Afghanistan Withdrawal Would Be Conditions-Based

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Petraeus reiterated that the July 2011 date will not be a moment when U.S. forces "head for the exit and turn out the lights," as U.S. assistance will be required in Afghanistan for "a number of years."

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White House: July 2011 Afghanistan Withdrawal 'Locked In'

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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After the briefing, Gibbs went to the president for clarification. Gibbs then called me to his office to relate what the president said. The president...

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