Obama: Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Won't Be Steep, Aid Will Continue For Years
OSLO — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual and ...
OSLO — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, set to start in 19 months, will be gradual and ...
Politico | DAVID ROGERS | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
Implicit in the president's decision is an effective cap of about 100,000 for the American force, but top Democrats fear that unless Obama is more ass...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
On the most fundamental matter at stake in the recent debate over the war in Afghanistan, Vice President Joseph Biden ultimately lost. Weeks before P...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
The progressive advocacy organization MoveOn.org formally opposed President Obama's troop surge strategy on Tuesday, calling it "wrong" and urging its...
AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- On his first Thanksgiving in the White House, President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones ...
New York Review Of Books | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
I am told by people I respect that Barack Obama cannot pull out of both Iraq and Afghanistan without becoming a one-term president. I think that may b...
New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
After nearly a month of deliberations by Mr. Obama over whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, frustrations and anxiety are on the rise ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
The neoconservatives who provided the intellectual foundation for the war in Iraq convened on Monday to make a renewed push for the current administra...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics
The president's National Security Adviser, Jim Jones, said on Sunday that the White House would be open to the idea of sending more combat troops to A...
The Plum Line | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
There's a claim making the rounds right now on the top right wing blogs that the image of wildly-cheering troops during Obama's visit with them in Ira...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
Sen. John McCain largely applauded the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan on Tuesday. But he said that if he had been elected, he would ha...
ABC | Posted 04.18.2009 | World
Three of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Pakistan, once arch-enemies, have formed an alliance that could threaten thousands of American troops s...
Dal LaMagna | Posted 04.06.2009 | World
The U.S. may be leaving Iraq, but we should not be abandoning the Iraqi people. Particularly those who have put their lives on the line to rebuild their country in peace.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
It's not all about Iraq. It is about America's interests around the globe and the costs and benefits of pursuing different strategies.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
If Iraq remains or becomes even more stable in 2010, then Obama will almost surely draw down troops even more quickly than he's currently announcing.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
Whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the president's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.
Jon Soltz | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
If President Obama does continue to draw down, we will be more secure, and our military will now have a chance to repair the damage done to it by the previous administration.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics
With the President-elect in Hawaii and most of the political world taking a short breather to celebrate the holidays, the Obama transition team put ou...
AP | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics
KANEOHE, Hawaii — President-elect Barack Obama personally thanked a handful of military service members after a morning workout. Obama was up e...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign has authorized another vicious robocall that claims Barack Obama and Democrats would cut off funds for the military, have accused...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Thirty days until the election and the presidential campaign is reaching new depths. On Monday, the McCain campaign put out a television ad that is n...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
During an appearance on Fox News this Friday, Sarah Palin claimed that Barack Obama should be disqualified from serving as president because he had on...
Open Secrets | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the...
Richard Klass | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
In a breathtaking series of inaccurate and mud-slinging television ads, all featuring McCain, he has accused Obama of being willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, a charge just short of treason.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States trumpeted major portions of Barack Obama's approach towards his country on Tuesday, marking the second t...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World