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Past Time to Join the Landmine Treaty

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

While 156 countries have signed on, the United States has not yet agreed to join the ban on the production, use, sale, and stockpiling of anti-personnel landmines.

Military Rapes Rise, Prosecutions Still Low

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — More people came forward to report sexual assaults in the military last year, but a significant percentage wouldn't give crucial de...

Obama Nixed Full Surge After Quizzing Brass

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

President Barack Obama decided to approve only 17,000 of the 30,000 troops requested by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander of U.S. and NATO tro...

US Eyes Iran As Possible Afghan Supply Route

Middle East Times | RICHARD SALE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is mulling a plan that would use Iranian territory to rescue the deteriorating logistics network cur...

Salt in the Wound: The Case for Compensation

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Erica Gaston

While troops say they have an "open door" to Afghan civilians, Afghans find that door is barricaded by barbed wire and heavily armed, hostile men.

Turkey, US Begin Talks On Iraq-Exit Strategy

Hurriyet Daily News | Zeynep Gurcanli | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Turkey and the U.S. have officially began preliminary talks on the use of Turkish soil for the transfer of American troops, arms and other logistic eq...

AP: Even Military Split Over Iraq Pullout

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed as...

Iraq: US Soldier Convicted Of 2007 Murder

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A US soldier has been convicted of murder for his involvement in the killing of four Iraqis who were shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal in 2007. Sgt ...

Why are we in Afghanistan?

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Sen. Fritz Hollings

We have made the good college try for over seven years and now should realize that we are not going to teach warlords to like democracy and grow cotton instead of poppies.

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

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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

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

Jonathan Powers | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jonathan Powers

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

Marine's Arrest Again Raises Issue of Extremists in the Military

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mark Potok

News that a US Marine allegedly hoped to kill Obama is the latest disturbing account that suggests extremists are infiltrating the military, even as officials deny there's a problem.

Iran And The Future Of Afghanistan

Council on Foregin Relations | Greg Bruno and Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

In crafting a new approach to the war in Afghanistan, U.S. military and political leaders say Iran-once dubbed a member of the "axis of evil" by ...

A Military Family Treated Shabbily -- a Demand for Accountability

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Hal Donahue

Sgt. Ryan Maseth, a highly decorated Army ranger, stepped into the community shower of his Iraq building, reached out to turn on the water and died, a victim of electrocution.

Alternative Fuel: Air Force Spending To Be Greener By 2011

Treehugger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Science Applications International Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a $25 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc...

After the White House: A Retirement Plan for President Bush

Dr. Stephen Forman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Stephen Forman

As President Bush leaves the White House and returns to Texas, we can only hope for him what we want for ourselves; to learn from our mistakes and to do good in the world with the time.

When the President Orders, the Military Follows

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Aubrey Sarvis

I believe Congress will be in lockstep with the President on a repeal of DADT. At the end of this year, the law that bars gay men and women from serving openly in the military can be gone.

How Rick Warren's Invocation Made a U.S. Army Officer "Hate Himself"

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Rodda

One decorated officer, a man who repeatedly risks his life, could not muster the courage to resist the pressure of his "serious and committed born again Christian" commanding officer to applaud Rick Warren.

Bombs Strike US Military and Iraqi Government Convoys Killing Five

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BAGHDAD — Two bombs struck separate U.S. military and Iraqi governmental convoys in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five Iraqi civilians and woundin...

DoD Seeks Software to Trick Soldier's Kids Into Believing They are Talking to Their Parents

Bob Ostertag | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Ostertag

The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would allow small children whose parents are in Iraq or Afghanistan to "interact" with a virtual version of their missing parent.

Escalation Without A Plan: Top U.S. Officials Admit To Having No Plan for Afghanistan

Thenation.com, Getafghanistanright.com | By Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanis...

The Mantra to End DADT: Yes We Can!

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Aubrey Sarvis

There is no question that our next president is facing a host of truly awful problems. Cut the Administration some slack regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell, yes -- but not too much.

The Ponzi Scheme Presidency

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom Engelhardt

At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.

Defense Budget '09: Still Fighting the Soviets, or Preventing Genocide?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lorelei Kelly

We have to do something about our current situation. We're spending more and more on defense and purchasing less and less security for it.

Death of an American Hero

Bob Ostertag | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Ostertag

Tom Bernard was one of the WORMS (We Openly Resist Military Stupidity), one of the many thousands of American servicemen and women who actively opposed the Vietnam war.