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Obama Promises To 'Finish The Job' In Afghanistan

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama dec...

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Obama's Afghanistan Decision: 34,000 More Troops And An Exit Strategy, Reports Say

Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House braced for a tough sell of President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of...

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Cost Estimates Of Afghanistan Troop Buildup Vary Widely

Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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President Obama may soon find himself in an increasingly uncomfortable position when it comes to funding the anticipated buildup of U.S. troops in Afg...

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4 US Service Members Die In Afghan Attacks

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home

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KABUL — Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama...

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White House: No Afghan Decision Before Thanksgiving

The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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The Obama administration won't announce its new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan until after Thanksgiving, a White House official c...

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Army Data Show Constraints On Troop Increase Potential

washingtonindependent.com | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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If President Obama orders an additional 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Afghanistan, he will be deploying practically every available U.S. Army brigade to ...

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Soldier Suicides This Year To Top Those In 2008

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could...

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Obama: Decision Soon On Troops For Afghanistan

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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TOKYO — President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned ...

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Karl Eikenberry Dissents On Afghan Troop Increase

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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Ahead of today's meeting of Obama's national security team to discuss Afghan war strategy, Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a m...

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Missing US Soldier's Body Found In Afghan River

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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KABUL — Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retri...

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Obama Looking For The "American Bridge" Out Of Afghanistan

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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While President Obama continues to mull over his options for adding more U.S. troops to the mission in Afghanistan, he is also pressing for an increas...

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Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute am...

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Afghans Doubt More Troops Could Help

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

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As Americans, including President Obama's top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are hav...

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Why The U.S. Should Accept Defeat And Start Withdrawing From Afghanistan

Foreign Policy | John Mearsheimer | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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The conventional wisdom among most Republicans is that while the United States had serious difficulty in Vietnam during the early years, by the early ...

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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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Admit It: We Don't Really Think About the Troops

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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For us, the troops are invisible. They don't exist. They don't count. For the folks I speak with from the military, it really has come down to, "Let us go big or let us come home."

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Obama Seeking Options To Send Fewer Troops To Afghanistan

washingtonpost.com | Anne E. Kornblut and Greg Jaffe | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

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President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late F...

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US Sees Spike In Afghan War Casualties

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

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More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of all those injured ...

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Obama Visits Dover Air Force Base To Honor Fallen Soldiers

Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** BEN FELLER, Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Standing in the pre-dawn darkness, President Barack Obama...

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Obama Afghanistan Decision: Not A Question Of Whether To Send More Troops, But How Many

New York Times | Thom Shanker, Peter Baker and Helene Cooper | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's advisers are focusing on a strategy for Afghanistan aimed at protecting about 10 top population centers, administration officials sa...

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Europe Loses Patience With Afghan War

GlobalPost | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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PARIS, France -- Whoever ends up presiding over Afghan chaos and corruption, Europe is losing patience fast with U.S. mission muddle and a president w...

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8 US Troops Die In Multiple Bomb Attacks

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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KABUL — Gunmen attacked a guest house used by U.N. staff in the Afghan capital of Kabul early Wednesday, killing at least seven people including...

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Wait! First A Good Argument About Afghanistan

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Stewart Nusbaumer

Recently I spent 5 months in Afghanistan, studying the country up close, going all around the country and writing about the conflict. If I'm confused, how about average Americans?

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14 Americans Killed In 2 Afghan Helicopter Crashes

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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KABUL — A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in weste...

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McChrystal Troop Plan Gains Backing

Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and YOCHI DREAZEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

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The Obama administration is moving toward a hybrid strategy in Afghanistan that would combine elements of both the troop-heavy approach sought by its ...

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