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War Costs For Iraq And Afghanistan Hit $850 Billion

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency an...

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Jason Linkins

John Bolton Says 'Best' Possible Outcome Of Obama Presidency Is 'More Bombings, More Attacks'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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[UPDATED BELOW: With additional perspective.] Via ThinkProgress, we learn that yesterday, Fox News' John Gibson got to talking with former U.N. Ambas...

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US Abuse Of Detainees Was Routine At Afghanistan Bases

McClatchy Newspapers | Tom Lasseter | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, the kind that's used to corral livestock. The guards kicked,...

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America's Prison For Terrorists Often Held The Wrong Men

McClatchy Newspapers | Tom Lasseter | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the Guantanamo Bay detention c...

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Bush Orders Final Attempt To Get Bin Laden Before He Leaves Office

Times Of London | Sarah Baxter | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House. Defence a...

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Barack Obama and Soft Power

Joseph Nye | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Nye

It is difficult to think of any single act that would do more to restore America's soft power than the election of Obama to the presidency.

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Administration Considering Greater Detainee Rights As Part Of Plan To Close Guantanamo

The New York Times | William Glaberson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Administration officials are considering granting Guantánamo detainees substantially greater rights as part of an effort to close the detention cente...

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