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Exit Strategy

A Commitment Strategy for Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Conservatives, National Security, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Progressives, President Obama, Taliban, World News
Lorelei Kelly

The president will put forward his decision on Afghanistan soon. It will involve a troop increase. If progressives stay in full opposition mode, they will exist on the margin of the debate.

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Dan Froomkin

Obama's Afghan Dilemma: The Only Real Exit Strategy Is Political Suicide

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan Exit Strategy, Politics News

President Obama said yesterday he is still several weeks away from adopting a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. What's taking so long? Obama ...

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To Die for an Exit Strategy

Tony Blankley | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Exit Strategy, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Withdrawal, World News
Tony Blankley

Hearing the president's request for exit strategies at the beginning of what would be "his" Afghan war, how on God's good Earth can we ask those wonderful kids to risk dying for an exit strategy?

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Colin Powell To Obama On Afghanistan Troop Decision: "Take Your Time"

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Karzai, Handover, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Troop Levels, Pakistan, Timeline, Kabul, Afghanistan Strategy, Obama, Taliban, Withdrawal, Foreign Policy, Mcchrystal, White House, Al Qaida, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Tom Joyner, Afghanistan Decision, Politics News

In an interview with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell reveale...

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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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"Exit Strategy" Might Not Be What You Mean

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Civil-Military Relations, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Counter-Terrorism, President Obama, Stanley McChrystal, Counterinsurgency, Afghan Taliban, World News
Lorelei Kelly

If we want to see this president succeed, a vocabulary shift is vital. The more we use leftover framing and messaging rhetoric from the Iraq War, the easier we make it for the right wing to do the same.

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The United States and Afghanistan

John Flerlage | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Congress, Congressional-Campaigns, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Exit Strategy, India Pakistan Relations, Flerlage, Colorado 6th District, War in Afghanistan, Denver News
John Flerlage

Rep. Coffman refuses to support our commander in chief or our troops with anything other than conflicting rhetoric. Our nation should plan to begin, by Sept. 2010, withdrawal of combat units across Afghanistan.

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Bernanke to Housing Market: Please Don't Drop Dead

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: New Home Sales, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Existing Home Sales, Macro-Economics, Exit Strategy, Kevin Warsh, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Mark Thoma, Jill Schlesinger, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

Uncle Sam has to ease out of banking, autos and all the programs authorized under the Obama stimulus bill without either starving the recovery or feeding inflation.

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Uncle Sam's Not-So-Graceful Exit from Real Estate

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Fannie Mae, First-Time Homebuyers Credit, Ben Bernanke, Freddie Mac, Money Market Funds, Exit Strategy, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

The Fed and the Treasury have to take the training wheels off the wobbly financial system without tipping it back into chaos.

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I Agree With George Will

John Burton | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troop Withdrawal, Washington Post, George Will, Exit Strategy, Soviet Union, Afghanistan War, California Democratic Party, Politics News
John Burton

California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton announces his organization's desire for a speedy American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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A National Dialogue on Afghanistan (Video)

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Billy Bragg, Bernie Sanders, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Vermont, Senate, Exit Strategy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

Without the kind of national debate this country needs, we are sending more and more troops into Afghanistan -- about 60 percent of all the foreign troops in the country are now Americans.

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How to Put the Kibosh on a Friendship That Seems Doomed

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, Friendship, Women, Living News, Aggressor, Exit Strategy, Aggressive, Reader Q&A, Kibosh, Relationship Advice, Female, Personal, Business, Professional, Networking, Irene S. Levine, Breaking Living News, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

How can I avoid hurting someone's feelings and maintain a relationship as a colleague when I don't want to be her friend?

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We Need More Wellstone/Tasini Democrats in the Senate

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Honduras Coup, Raul Grijalva, Employee Free Choice Act, Exit Strategy, Honduras, Medicare for All, Afghanistan, Jim McGovern, Jonathan Tasini, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Robert Naiman

If it were up to the House, we wouldn't be talking about dropping the public option for health insurance. Maybe we'd be talking about Medicare for All. That's why we need more progressive fighters in the Senate.

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Exit Strategy NYC Helps Navigate Subways

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Iphone, iPhone App, Iphone Application, Iphone Exit Strategy, Iphone App Exit Strategy, Iphone Exit Strategy Nyc, Exit Strategy, Exit Strategy Nyc, New York News
Roseanne Colletti

This information can help you make the decision when forced to choose from among four different exits at one subway stop or choose which subway transfers to take.

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An Endstate Strategy in Afghanistan, Not Exit Strategy

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Linda Sanchez, Pakistan, Barney Frank, Cheney, John Hall, Endstate Strategy, Afghanistan, Neoconservative, Holbrooke, Third Way, Exit Strategy, Politics News
Jonathan Morgenstein

Exit strategy implies that the top military priority is getting our troops out. An endstate strategy envisions what we want the conditions on the ground to look like and figures out how to get there.

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Obama: US Involvement In Afghanistan Could Enter New Phase Post-Elections

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan Exit Strategy, President Obama, Afghanistan Campaign, Afghan Elections, Elections Afghanistan, Obama, US Troops, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, US Afghanistan, President of the United States, Afghanistan Election, Obama Speak About Afghanistan, US President, Obama Afghanistan, US Exit Strategy, Exit Strategy, World News

WASHINGTON — Raising expectations for scaling back military operations in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hopes U.S. involve...

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Take Action: Demand an Exit Strategy in Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rethink Afghanistan, Jim McGovern, Spending, Exit Strategy, War, Congress, Tom Andrews, David Swanson, Politics News
ZP Heller

As Congress prepares to authorize $550 billion in military spending -- more than Bush ever requested -- Rep. Jim McGovern is proposing a bill that requires an exit strategy.

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House to Vote on Afghanistan "Exit Strategy"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Alcee Hastings, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan, Barbara Lee, Exit Strategy, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, World News
Robert Naiman

Military commanders have made statements indicating plans to remain in Afghanistan until 2020. If this is the Pentagon's "exit strategy," we have a right to know that and debate it.

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The Tipping Point in Afghanistan

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Hamid Karzai, British Army, Exit Strategy, Pakistan, Nato, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Taliban, General Daniel McNeill, World News
Heidi Kingstone

Seven years after embarking on the mission, we are still asking why? The answer is that we are there for our own security - not to bring democracy, trounce the Taliban, restore women's rights or read Osama bin-Laden his Miranda Rights.

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US Should De-Escalate In Afghanistan: Policy Brief

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Troop Withdrawal, Military Surge in Afghanistan, Nato, President Obama, New Strategy in Afghanistan, Isaf, Taliban, Afghanistan, US Troops in Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, World News

After seven years of war, the international community has failed to create the conditions for a sustainable Afghan state. The reality is that the inte...

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My Conversation with Ken Pollack

Charlie Rose | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brookings, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Ken Pollack, Exit Strategy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Charlie Rose

2008-07-24-charliepull.jpgHere is part of my conversation with Ken Pollack, author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.

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Why Would Guy Kawasaki Sell Truemors?

Tim Berry | Posted 08.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Brand, Newsnow, Truemors, Technology, Exit Strategy, Guy Kawasaki, Business News
Tim Berry

The classic formula for success in investment is "buy low, sell high."  That could also be known as one of those "yeah right, but ...

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Meet the New Dr. Strangelove

Tom Hayden | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Yorker, Exit Strategy, New York Times, Washington Post, Iraq, General Petraeus, Covert Ops, Black Ops, Kilcullen, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Tom Hayden

Kilcullen advocates a kind of deception-based warfare contradictory to democracy itself, with its instruments of critical media, congressional oversight, and public disclosure of the cost in blood, taxes and honor.

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Should We Leave? Ask the Iraqis!

Nancy Kanwisher | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Purple Thumb, Exit Strategy, Iraq Democracy, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Sovereignty, Iraq, Voting, Politics News
Nancy Kanwisher

Although opinion polls now show that most Americans feel the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, there's no agreement on what exactly to do ab...

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