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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


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...

Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War

Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...

Obama's Decision On Afghanistan Troop Levels Likely Between November 7 And 11; More Troops Likely

ABC News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the A...

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

CNN | Mike Mount | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


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 ...

Mullen Advises 'Measured' Approach To Gay Policy

AP | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move "in a measured way" in changing the "do...

Bush Appointees Gates, Mullen, Bernanke Likely To Stay On Under Obama

Washington Post | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to fill top positions for his incoming government, he faces a stubborn reality: Some of the key individuals h...

John McCain's Blundering Week On Foreign Policy

Patrick Barry | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home


Patrick Barry

This week, John McCain's positions on critical foreign policy issues such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have all been undermined.