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Obama Got Afghanistan/Pakistan Right

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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We've finally left fantasy-land, where America can simply go somewhere, topple a government, and western-style democracies will pop up and thrive. Afghanistan is a very different beast.

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US: Iraq Attacks At Lowest Levels Since 2003

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violen...

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As Iraq war enters 7th year, focus on politics

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Sunni and Shiite lawmakers warned Thursday that political and economic challenges could derail the country's progress toward stability...

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Pentagon Phasing Out "Stop-Loss" Policy

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Army this summer will start cutting back on use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and h...

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Taliban Leader: We're Targeting American Troops

ABC | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Three of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Pakistan, once arch-enemies, have formed an alliance that could threaten thousands of American troops s...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

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US Troops May Stay Longer In Mosul Due To Fighting: Odierno

abcnews.go.com | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...

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U.S. Prefers to Leave Iraq Through Jordan and Kuwait, Rather than Turkey

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

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Turkish officials have been salivating at the opportunity of presenting the United States with a series of demands in return for allowing U.S. troops to leave through Turkey.

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Turkey, US Begin Talks On Iraq-Exit Strategy

Hurriyet Daily News | Zeynep Gurcanli | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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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...

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

Jonathan Powers | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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

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

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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

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Newest US Troops In Dangerous Region Near Kabul

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul ha...

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Afghanistan: The Indispensable Nation?

Allison Silver | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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No occupying power has been able to exercise full control in Afghanistan. When did this become Washington's essential, indispensable aim?

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2 US Troops Killed In Separate Attacks In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomb attack Saturday on a heavily guarded road between a U.S. military base and the German Embassy in the Afg...

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Obama's Extra Afghan Troops Will Be Used To Buy Time

Washingtonpost.com | By Karen DeYoung | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, but the incoming administrati...

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

Thenation.com, Getafghanistanright.com | By Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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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...

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Afghanistan Troop Levels May Rise To 60K, Says Chairman Of Joint Chiefs Of Staff

CBS News | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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(CBS) U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan could rise to as high as 60,000 over the next 12 to 18 months, says Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. ...

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US: Soldiers shoot, wound woman in Baghdad

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — American soldiers shot and wounded a woman _ identified by an Iraqi television station as one of its producers _ after she failed to h...

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Afghanistan: Record 151 US Troops Die In 2008

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A record 151 U.S. forces died in Afghanistan in 2008, the deadliest year yet in a seven-year war that military officials sa...

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US Commander: Troops To Stay In Iraqi Cities Past Summer Deadline

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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BALAD, Iraq — U.S. troops will remain in Iraqi cities at local security stations, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday, a move that coul...

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Iraqi Official: US Troops May Need To Stay For A Decade

Reuters | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Iraq will need a U.S. troop presence to help build up its military forces past the newly agreed three-year deadline for the withdrawal of American sol...

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Explain to Me Why Sending Private Security Contractors to Afghanistan Makes Sense

Patrick Barry | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

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Introducing private security contractors -- lightening rods for controversy in the Muslim world -- into an already volatile situation just seems nonsensical.

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U.S. Considering "Surge" Of Over 20,000 Troops For Afghanistan

Reuters | David Morgan | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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The Pentagon is considering a plan to send more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next 12 to 18 months to help safeguard elections and quell ...

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