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Blood and Gifts: A Conversation With Playwright J.T. Rogers

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: mi5, Isi, Pakistan, Ussr-Afghanistan, Blood and Gifts, Mitizi E. Newhouse Theater, Ghost Wars, War in Afghanistan, Mujahideen, Marsha Norman, J.T. Rogers, Steve Coll, The Overwhelming, Afghanistan, Off-Broadway, Afghan Freedom Fighters, Stinger Missles, Culture News
Marcia G. Yerman

Blood and Gifts, a play by J.T. Rogers, creates a full overview of the issues and choices that were the precursors to our current situation.

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Seymour Hersh, the Afghanistan War WikiLeaks, and Getting the Real Story

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Hendrick Hertzberg, George Packer, Steve Coll, Battlefield Executions, New Yorker, Warlogs, Death Squads, Seymour Hersh, David Remnick, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Steve Clemons

One of the best investigative journalists who has been reporting on America's wars is Seymour Hersh. Hersh has been ahead of the pack -- revealing ...

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Basic Truths in Hoh Resignation Letter Were True When He Took His Job

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Bacevich, President Obama, Andrew Sullivan, Garrison Keillor, George W. Bush, 9/11, Matthew Hoh, United States, State Department, Hoh Resignation, Barack Obama, Troops, Andrew Exum, Afghanistan War, Politics News, Steve Coll, Rory Stewart, Counterinsurgency, Richard Holbrooke, Michael Semple, Warwire, Military, Washington Post, Afghanistan, Christopher Buckley, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, World News
David Quigg

The basic grim truths that Matthew Hoh wrote about in his much-quoted resignation letter were all basically true when he took his job a few months ago.

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The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Billy Waugh, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, CIA Assassination, Seymour Hersh, Barack Obama, Senate Intelligence Committee, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Steve Coll, House Intelligence Committee, Cheney Assassination Ring, Cia, Cofer Black, Moammar Gadhafi, Jimmy Carter, Assassination, Slobodan Milosovic, Leon Panetta, C.I.A., Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

The "secret" CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly concealed from Congress sounds a lot like the assassination policy implemented by President Bill Clinton.

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Nuclear-Tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan

Carter Phipps | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enlightennext Magazine, Steve Coll, Robert Kaplan, Pakistan, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Steve McIntosh, Afpak, Afghanistan, Ghost Wars, Enlightennext, Thomas Barnett, World News
Carter Phipps

Nuclear-tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan are a combustible pair and the last thing anyone wants is for that dangerous fuse to be lit, at least not more than it already is

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Arianna Testifies About The Future Of Journalism Before Senate Subcommittee On Communications

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Media, Newspapers, Steve Coll, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, David Simon, Marissa Mayer, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna testified about the future of journalism and newspapers before the Senate Commerce Communications subcommittee on Wednesday. John Kerry, the s...

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'Rethink Afghanistan' Takes New 'Real-Time Documentary' Approach For Dialogue On Afghanistan

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Al Qaeda, Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Cathy Collins, Tariq Ali, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Stephen Kinzer, Taliban, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Bruce Riedel, Afghanistan War, Steve Coll, Rory Stewart, Rethink Afghanistan, War Wire, World News

The activist filmmaker Robert Greenwald has tried for years to speed up the production process for his documentaries. Now, he says, he is creating one...

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What Is "the Most Dangerous Country in the World Today?"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Military Al Qaeda, Brave New Foundation, Cathy Collins, Andrew Bacevich, Tariq Ali, Rory Stewart, Barack Obama, Steve Coll, Pakistan, Robert Greenwald, Taliban, Bruce Riedel, Rethink Afghanistan, Stephen Kinzer, World News
Robert Greenwald

Imagine a national dialogue filled with rational, thoughtful discussions on the issues surrounding Afghanistan. That is our goal.

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Why We All Ought To Read The Book President-Elect Obama Has Been Reading

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Iraq War, Politics News, Steve Coll, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Books, 9/11, Obama Administration, Ghost Wars, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Politics News
David Quigg

The second-best news I heard during these last few historic days didn't make tears stream like the moment Obama soared above 270, didn't cause me to g...

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