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U.S. Withdraws Forces From Iraq, Prepares To Spend Near $1 Billion Hiring Private Guards

washingtonpost.com | Walter Pincus | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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As the United States withdraws its combat forces from Iraq, the government is hiring more private guards to protect U.S. installations at a cost that ...

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State Department Still Paying Blackwater More Than $400M -- Despite Public Break With Company

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Despite publicly breaking with an American private security company in Iraq, the State Department continues to award the company, former...

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Clinton: "Irreversible Denuclearization" Only Option For North Korea

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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PHUKET, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says "irreversible denuclearization" is the only viable option for North Korea. Att...

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Cantor: We Need A "Judeo-Christian" Foreign Policy In The Middle East

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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This afternoon, at the annual Christians United For Israel conference, House minority whip and rumored presidential hopeful Eric Cantor discussed his ...

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Sons of the Mau Mau

Frankie Martin | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

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Frankie Martin

Kenya must tackle the roots of its election chaos. These include poverty, tribalism, and the failure of the country to live up to the vision of its first president, Jomo Kenyatta.

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Don't Let Afghanistan Become Obama's Vietnam

Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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Sahil Kapur

Although the president's goals for the region are commendable, he must carefully examine the larger strategy or Afghanistan might devolve into a hauntingly familiar quagmire.

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Congressional Support for Israel's War on Gaza Shows Bipartisan Hostility toward International Law

Stephen Zunes | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Stephen Zunes

Last month's decision by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, backed by an overwhelming majority of her Democratic colleagues, to go on record in support of Is...

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How Deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan Drug Trade?

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post By Eric Margolis October 15, 2008 Afghanistan is in a `downward spiral,' the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of S...

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