McChrystal Troop Plan Gains Backing
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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Miller Lite Donates $200K To Veterans, Going for $500K
Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact
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Miller Lite is promoting Veteran's Day in a significant way this year, with a goal to raise $500,000 for Operation Homefront, a nonprofit that support...
Robert Pape: To Beat The Taliban, Fight From Afar
nytimes.com | ROBERT A. PAPE | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
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AS President Obama and his national security team confer this week to consider strategies for Afghanistan, one point seems clear: our current military...
Top Troop Request For Afghanistan Exceeds 60,000
Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and YOCHI DREAZEN | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
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The request for troops sent to President Barack Obama by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan includes three different options, with the largest alte...
Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab
Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
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I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab.
American Troops In Afghanistan Losing Heart, Say Army Chaplains
Times London | Martin Fletcher | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine ...
Our Best Way Forward in Afghanistan is Out
Mary Ellen McNish | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
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Afghans and Americans deserve is a full, public discussion of the policy choices looming in the next weeks. We must choose to demonstrate a commitment to the rule of law, and not violence.
White House: Leaving Afghanistan Not An Option
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama is not considering a strategy for Afghanistan that would withdraw U.S. troo...
McChrystal Criticism Mounts Within Obama Administration
Christian Science Monitor | Dan Murphey and Ben Arnoldy | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
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Lt. Col. Edward Stein, a US Army Ranger, had a specific task for the Afghan soldiers he was training: Do a security check in Kabul ahead of a speech b...
8 Troops Killed In Afghanistan; Remote Outposts Attacked
AP | ROBERT H. REID and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
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KABUL — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan bor...
Officials: Afghan Cop Shoots, Kills 2 U.S. Troops
AP | LORI HINNANT | Posted 10.04.2009 | World
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KABUL — An Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Americans, killing two of them before fleeing, officials said Saturd...
Obama Advisers Split On Afghanistan, Complicating His Decision
AP | LARA JAKES and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to delay a face-to-face briefing from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who hours earlier had warned...
US To Send Home Thousands More Troops From Iraq
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-ye...
Afghans Say The Country Needs More Afghan Forces, Not U.S. Troops
ABC News | Posted 09.29.2009 | World
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In the Helmand River Valley, where more American troops have shed their blood this year than anywhere else, the police chief has a simple message to t...
Does Karzai Really Approve McChrystal's Plan?
Sunil Adam | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
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India's Foreign Minister said the US would be better off seeking a political solution in Afghanistan. It's safe to assume he wouldn't have commented without authentic knowledge of the Afghan government's perspective.
5 U.S. Troops Killed In Southern Afghanistan
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
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KABUL — Five U.S. troops died in attacks in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Friday, adding to this year's record death toll as Ame...
The Forgotten War
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
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No so very long ago, Afghanistan was known as "the forgotten war." But these days, Afghanistan is hard to miss in the headlines. Obama needs to begin talking about our newly-forgotten war: Iraq.
Rohrabacher Berates Iraqis: Be More Grateful!
The Nation | Eric Naing | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
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The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ran...
3 U.S. Troops Killed In Afghanistan
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
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Three US servicemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman has said. The spokesman said that the deaths occurr...
Deadly Afghan Ambush Shows Perils Of Ill-Supplied Deployment
McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
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GANJGAL, Afghanistan -- Manning a machine gun on a ridge overlooking this remote Afghan village, U.S. Marine Cpl. Steven Norman tried desperately to l...
Afghan Election: Pressure Mounts For Karzai To Strike A Deal
The Observer | Declan Walsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
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Five US soldiers were among dozens killed in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as pressure grew on President Hamid Karzai last night to strike a power...
U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Run To Remember 9/11
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Many of the troops at this sprawling U.S. air base were in their mid-teens when they watched the planes hit the W...
Afghan War Debate Fails To Include U.S. Troop Timetable
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
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WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama weighs thrusting America deeper into the conflict in Afghanistan with perhaps thousands more combat troop...
More US Troops Won't Necessarily Curb Terror: Analysis
nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
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Does the United States need a large and growing ground force in Afghanistan to prevent another major terrorist attack on American soil? ...
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Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and YOCHI DREAZEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | World