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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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CBS News: Obama Has Decided To Send Almost 40,000 Troops To Afghanistan

CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Dod, Afghanistan War, Combat Brigades, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Support Troops, Obama, Hamid Karzai, Pashtun, Afghan War, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, White House, Un, Mullen, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more tro...

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McClatchy: Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

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President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it unti...

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Pentagon Expected To Request More War Financing

nytimes.com | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, John Murtha, War Financing, Robert F. Hale, War in Afghanistan, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Stanley McChrystal, Mike Mullen, War in Iraq, Defense Department, Supplemental Funds, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer said Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask Congress in the next few months for emergency fina...

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US Held Secret War Game To Test Afghan Troop Levels

Washington Post | Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Test, Kabul, Troop Levels, White House, Afghan Election, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Obama, Karzai, War Game, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, Troop Level, More Troops, Gates, World News

The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by th...

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Article In Military Journal Endorses Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Pentagon, Gays, Mike Mullen, Lesbians, Air Force, Dod, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dadt, Army, Homosexual, Joint Force Quarterly, Robert Gates, Gay Rights, Department of Defense, Col. Prakash, Military, Adm Mike Mullen, Navy, Home News

WASHINGTON -- In an unusual show of support for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces, an official military journal articl...

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Gen. McChrystal's Assessment Ignores COIN Doctrine, Reality

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Rethink Afghanistan, Bill Kristol, Escalation, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, Joe Lieberman, Mike Mullen, Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, World News
Derrick Crowe

If the president was looking for a signal that the situation had progressed to a stage in which the military could not offer a credible plan to deal with it, this is it.

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The Ghosts of Vietnam Haunt Washington

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Stlaney McChrystal, Military, War in Vietnam, Moscow, Osama Bin Laden, Vietnam War, Mullah Omar, Taliban, Congress, Mike Mullen, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Tet Offensive, World News
Eric Margolis

The American general Stanley McChrystal's news that America risks losing Afghanistan is a bombshell. Washington has spent some $250 billion there since 2001.

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Mike Mullen: More Troops Needed For Afghan War

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top military adviser endorsed an increase in U.S. forces for the worsening war in Afghanistan on Tuesday, ...

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Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman: US Is Bungling Muslim Outreach

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen, Muslims, Muslim Outreach, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is bungling its outreach to the Muslim world and squandering good will by failing to live up to its promises, the...

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UK's Prime Minister Gordon Brown Agrees with Admiral Mike Mullen on "Redrawing Afghan Battle Space"

Rani Singh | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Mike Mullen, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Afghan Taliban, World News
Rani Singh

The Huffington Post asked the British Prime Minister for clarification on his stance on Afghanistan.

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Mullen "Infuriated ... Appalled" By Suppressed Detainee Abuse Photos

CNN | Mike Mount | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Mullen, Obama Torture Photos, Mullen Torture Photos, Detainee Photos, Mullen Detainee Abuse, Mullen Detainee Photos, Obama Detainee Photos, Mullen, Politics News

Images of detainee abuse at the hands of U.S. troops, which President Obama has barred from public view, so "infuriated" the nation's highest-ranking ...

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But Am I Safer, Mr. Secretary?

Kerry Eleveld | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gays in the Military, Dadt, Admiral Mike Mullen, Mike Mullen, Robert Gates, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Defense Secretary Gates, Politics News
Kerry Eleveld

With all due respect, Mr. Secretary, the next time you're mulling the ouster of gay service members, skip the paternalism and just tell us whether we're safer.

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Admiral Mullen: Pakistan Nukes Are Secure, I'm 'Gravely Concerned' About Taliban

AP | MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will seek assurances this week from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari that his country's nuclear arsenal i...

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The Extreme Dangers of Obama's Pakistan Gambit

ZP Heller | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Mike Mullen, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Pakistan, Humanitarian Crisis, Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Drones, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, World News
ZP Heller

How can the Pakistani government root out militants in the country's lawless tribal areas when our military's actions are contributing to more extremism and anti-American sentiment?

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Admiral Mike Mullen Joins Twitter

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Admiral Mike Mullen, the highest ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, has joined Twitter at thejointstaff. His boss, President Obama, ha...

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Pakistan Rejects US Proposal For Joint Operation In Tribal Areas

Dawn.com | Iftikhar A. Khan & Baqir Sajjad Syed | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Pakistan rejected on Tuesday a US proposal for joint operations in the tribal areas against terrorism and militancy, as differences of opinion between...

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Sam Stein

White House Pushes Back On Budget Attack By Citing George H.W. Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Mike Mullen, White House Budget, Rosy Budget, White House War Costs, Budget Orzsag, White House, Budget Issues, Iraq War, Orzsag War Costs, Iraq War Drawdown, Politics News

The White House is pushing back against criticism that its cooking the books on its budget by overestimating the costs of drawing down the war in Iraq...

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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The Letter to Iran

The Real News | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Dennis Ross, Pepe Escobar, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, John Mearsheimer, Mike Mullen, Iran, Israel, Muslim, Democrats, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Republicans, World, Video, World News
The Real News

How long will Obama's self-declared mutual understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim world last? Political commentator Pepe Escobar discusses the possibilities.

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Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Joe Biden, Taliban, Central Command, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, West Point, Mike Mullen, David Petraeus, Bob Gates, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Geopolitics, Iraq, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Missile Strikes, 100 Days, Politics News
William Bradley

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

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Obama To Meet With War Council On First Full Day

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq will be on the agenda Wednesday when the new commander in chief meets with ...

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Obama's Military Blind Spot?

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Power, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Gates, Richard Nixon, Edmund Burke, Mike Mullen, Nixon Center, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama would be wise to read up on Eisenhower, on Nixon, on Edmund Burke and others -- and realize that military answers to problems are leading the US to greater calamity, global irrelevance, and impotence.

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Afghanistan: Record 151 US Troops Die In 2008

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A record 151 U.S. forces died in Afghanistan in 2008, the deadliest year yet in a seven-year war that military officials sa...

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Intel Goes Down the Memory Hole Again

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Iran, Mike Mullen, Chris Wallace, Nie, Media News
Harry Shearer

It's no surprise this latest NIE has fallen down the administration's memory hole, but what excuse do those in the media have for sipping the amnesia juice?

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