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Obama CBS Interview: I'd Fire The Afghanistan Decision Leakers

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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AP BEIJING — President Barack Obama said Wednesday his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will "put us on a path towards ending the war" and that ...

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The New Strategy for Obama's War: Precision Power

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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There is nothing like the convergence of two equally unpleasant scenarios -- in this case the danger in Pakistan and American forces settling further into Afghanistan -- to sharpen a leader's mind.

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Army Says Morale Has Fallen Among Troops In Afghanistan

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq...

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George McGovern: Get U.S. Troops Out Of Afghanistan

Truthdig | Narda Zacchino | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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George McGovern has some advice for President Barack Obama: Get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. "I'm convinced that war is going to turn sour. I'm co...

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White House Giving Karzai Six Months To Shape Up

New York Times | David E. Sanger | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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With the White House's reluctant embrace on Sunday of Hamid Karzai as the winner of Afghanistan's suddenly moot presidential runoff, President Obama n...

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Anti-War Activists Reawakened By Obama Afghanistan Decision

Politics Daily | Shahzad Chaudhary | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Sitting in the front row at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, directly in sight of committee Chairman John Kerry, two women discreetly hel...

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Kerry: McChrystal's Afghanistan Plan Goes Too Far

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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

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Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab.

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MoveOn: Obama Afghanistan Exit Strategy Needed

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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In its first direct pressure on President Obama over a major war-and-peace issue, MoveOn will call on the president today to develop an exit strategy ...

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Obama's Afghanistan Policy Sneak Peak: Ambinder

Marc Ambinder | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's new posture toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, to be unveiled tomorrow, codifies for the first time Iran's role in regional dip...

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I Wanted to Stop Bush's Surge, but I Support Obama's Stabilization

Jonathan Powers | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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I hope you will join me in supporting our President Obama and our troops who work to stabilize this "deteriorating situation."

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Obama Approves Troop Increase To Afghanistan: Global Responses (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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Yesterday President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 United States troops to Afghanistan, AFP reports. The move led to responses from ac...

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Obama To Renew Focus On Hunt For Bin Laden

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 12.11.2008 | Home

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The incoming Obama administration plans to explore a more regional strategy to the war in Afghanistan -- including possible talks with Iran -- and loo...

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