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Congress Must Hold Emergency Hearings on Afghanistan Before Obama Makes His Troop Deployment Decision

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

If Congress is going to be called upon to finance this war with billions more in taxpayer dollars, this debate should be taking place in the halls of Congress in front of the American people.

Kerry: McChrystal's Afghanistan Plan Goes Too Far

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A war plan that asks President Barack Obama to commit tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan is too ambitious, ...

Afghanistan Vote Masks Obama's Predicament, Again

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's relief at the agreement that could quiet the political crisis over Afghanistan's spoiled election masks hi...

John Kerry Vows To Take "Hard Look" At Afghanistan

GlobalPost | Posted 08.09.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- Sen. John F. Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will hold far-ranging oversight hearings on the U.S. inv...

Sam Stein

John Kerry: Uptick In Iraq Violence Was Expected, Could Get Worse

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


A recent uptick in violence in Iraq was expected and could get worse as the country seeks to reconcile itself politically after years of bitter sectar...

Kerry Expresses Concerns About Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Bravenewfilms.org | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


Thanks to our great friends and allies at Get Afghanistan Right, it seems like a real discussion about the wisdom of military escalation in Afghanista...