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West Point Cadet To Chris Matthews: We Are Not The Enemy

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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A West Point cadet has responded to MSNBC host Chris Matthews's description of the military academy as "enemy camp" for President Obama. "I watched t...

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President Obama's Afghanistan Speech a True Capitulation

Charles Butler | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration has to stop campaigning to get down to governing. All of the campaign-like speeches are becoming quite transparent to the American people and foreigners alike.

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Obama To Bring Troops Home!

Tom Gregory | Posted 12.03.2009 | Comedy

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Obama announced that he will deploy 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan, promising to bring them home just in time to vote in the next presidential election.

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Obama Met With Journalists Before West Point Speech: 'Americans Are Right To Be Concerned'

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...

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Obama's Afghan Deadline Was Right

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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The most explosive controversy over President Obama's address at West Point is the deadline he has proposed for the beginning of withdrawal of US forc...

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Obama at West Point

Michael Brenner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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After the Bush years of outright lies and systematic deception, we now have Obama plumbing new depths as he tortures the very language itself. 1984 here we are.

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Obama's War: The Next Best Steps in Afghanistan?

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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Both military and civilian leaders need to revisit their management and cooperation efforts, and better define their "jobs" if any progress is to be made.

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West Point Military Training Gets "Cadets To Think"

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadets had already fought off an overnight attack by insurgents firing blanks when the morning brought even more simulated pr...

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No, Gay Soldiers Won't Be Allowed to Cross-dress While on Duty

Brandon Friedman | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Conservative America's fears are unfounded. As long as you can shoot straight -- or speak Arabic or Pashto -- it's shouldn't matter whether or not you are straight.

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Army Suicide Rates Hit Record High

AP | PAULINE JELINEK and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising f...

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Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

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24: A Thriller With Few Surprises

David Danzig | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Junior soldiers have imitated techniques they have seen on the program. And military educators report that "24" is one of the biggest problems they have in their classrooms.

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Reading The Pictures: An Arbus-Like End To George Bush, Comforter Of Man

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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