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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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Georgianne Nienaber

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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Why We're Failing In Afghanistan

Coloradoindependent.com | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

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When it takes seven bone-jarring hours to drive just 90 miles over war-scarred dirt roads from Kabul to the troubled Helmand Province in southwest Afg...

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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Linda Milazzo

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

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Afghanistan: Endless Army Mission Creep?

Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Luis Carlos Montalván and Gene Dewey

To fill the vacuum of meaningful statecraft, the Department of Defense now finds itself both war-fighter and diplomat.

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