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U.S. Identifies Guantanamo Prisoner Released To Portugal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo inmate who said the prison's harsh conditions drove him to attempt suicide has been sent to Portugal, the U...

Top Iraqi Intel Source: Absent US Help, In 5 Years Iraq WIll Be A Colony Of Iran

Washington Post | David Ignatius | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

As security unravels in Iraq, U.S. forces there are mostly bystanders. Even in the areas where al-Qaeda operatives remain potent, such as Mosul, the A...

Japan Must Shake Off U.S.-Style Globalization

Yukio Hatoyama | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Yukio Hatoyama

How should Japan maintain its political and economic independence and protect its national interest when caught between the U.S., which is fighting to retain its position as the world's dominant power, and China, which is seeking ways to become dominant?

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

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

With Its Record of Rape, Don't Send the U.S. Military to the Congo

Ann Wright | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ann Wright

The Human Rights Watch report "Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone" could apply to our own military as well.

Iraq: 2 Killed In Baghdad Truck Bombing

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi officials and lawmakers recommended a review of security leadership, better coordination on intelligence and firmer treat...

Hey, Don't Save Me From Government Health Care!

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jon Soltz

If government-run insurance and care is so evil and so horrible, then why do conservatives keep supporting leaving America's troops and veterans in that kind of system?

How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Doug Bandow

Washington is spending more today on its military now than it did when the U.S. was confronting the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Maoist China, and assorted Third World autocracies. Whatever could justify such outlays?

Town Halls: Don't Confuse Me with the Facts, My Mind Is Made Up

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Linda Bergthold

There is little opportunity for a dialogue in which facts are presented if the people you are talking to have already made up their minds. BUT, if you want an effective Town Hall, here's some advice.

We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jon Soltz

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

Sen. Graham: Let's Not 'Rumsfeld' The War In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says more troops are needed in Afghanistan and is warning that the U.S. must no...

Military Analysts: Climate Change Will Pose "Profound Strategic Challenges" To U.S. Security

nytimes.com | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of mili...

The Army Official And The Contractor: A $191 Million "Friendship"

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

He called her Princess. She called him Bubba. They got together whenever they could, sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, traveling to business conferences,...

Obama Celebrates Post-9/11 G.I. Bill

AP | JULIE PACE and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

FAIRFAX, Va. — President Barack Obama said Monday a new GI Bill for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan is an investment in both a new gene...

Can Soccer Save Iraq?

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
James Denselow

The Iranian football team showed recently how sport could be used to make a high-profile political statement. Could Iraq's football team bring home a sense of national unity currently lacking?

U.S. Advisor's Memo On Iraq: Time To "Go Home"

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...

Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire

Chalmers Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chalmers Johnson

Few empires of the past voluntarily gave up their dominions in order to remain independent, self-governing polities. If we do not learn from their examples, our decline and fall is foreordained.

Guantanamo Justice Center: Ex-Detainees Launch Gitmo Inmates' Rights Group

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

GENEVA — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees have launched an organization to help released inmates return to normal life and to lobby for the relea...

F-22 Vote Worries Arms Investors

William Hartung | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
William Hartung

Even with the president and the secretary of defense on the right side, it took what President Eisenhower called "an alert and knowledgeable citizenry" to put the anti-F-22 effort over the top.

US Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls In Afghanistan

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces, officials sai...

Defense Secretary Scores Spending Cuts, But Not Satisfied: "It Would Be Nice To Win Our Current Wars"

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last? The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins...

The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Randall Amster

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

A Victory For Sensible Defense

The Progress Report | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Progress Report

The Center for American Progress Action Fund has launched the Sensible Defense campaign to "hold Congress accountable for putting wasteful defense spending back into the budget."

US Military Commander: US Troops Under "House Arrest" In Iraq

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military has turned down requests from American forces to move unescorted through Baghdad and conduct a raid since the trans...

The Undoing of Gen. T. Michael Moseley: A Cautionary Tale About the Military/Industrial Complex

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Reese Schonfeld

This tale recounts the interwoven fate of an Air Force Chief of Staff, potentially disastrous handling of nuclear weapons, and a financial advising company with more than 300,000 military personnel as investors.