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McChrystal's Leak No Problem for GOP Backers »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
Seemingly with each passing day, General Stanley McChrystal grows in the esteem of President Obama's conservative foes. After having savaged General Eric Shinseki for ...
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More U.S. troops to Afghanistan? Obama's caught in a vise | McClatchy »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON- With the military and Republicans publicly pressuring him to send more troops to Afghanistan soon and his own administration now deeply divided about how ...
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Could the U.S. Be Drawn into a New Korean War? - TIME »
Posted by: y_soitenly 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
To fear a new Korean War is historically inaccurate, because, in fact, the last one never ended: the world's most dangerous border, across which ...
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Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 days, 5 hours ago in Political News
Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October, an unusually high monthly toll that has senior military officers worried about the impact of sending tens of ...
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OpEdNews ยป Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq »
Posted by: jovial 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
Both McCain's and Obama's Iraq policies are too ambiguous for the layperson to comprehend. It is clear that if you want to expedite ...
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Nathaniel Frank: Why Does Obama Use Executive Power for Everything But Gay Troops? »
Posted by: david_nwpa 3 months ago in Political Opinion
Sometimes moral and political leadership really are one and the same. Ending the needless firing of gay troops is one of those times.
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Obama scraps visit to wounded troops »
Posted by: FSU92grad 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Sen. Barack Obama scrapped plans to visit wounded members of the armed forces in Germany as part of his overseas trip, a decision his spokesman ...
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NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support »
Posted by: orndorffter 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S ...
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US Marines Suffer First Casualties in Afghan Offensive »
Posted by: altnrg 4 months, 1 week ago in News
U.S. Marines have suffered their first casualties of a new major offensive in Taliban-controlled parts of southern Afghanistan.
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US fires top general in Afghanistan as war worsens »
Posted by: engineer 6 months ago in News
President Barack Obama fired the top U.S. general in Afghanistan on Monday, replacing him with a former special forces commander in a quest for ...
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America's Real Quagmire »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 weeks, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
What kind of a public debate can we have on the most vital issues of the day in the United States? A lot depends on ...
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11 NATO troops killed in 2 days in Afghanistan - CNN.com »
Posted by: engineer 4 months ago in News
International troops in Afghanistan endured another deadly attack Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that country.
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Kyrgyzstan moves to evict US troops »
Posted by: dissent 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan moved a step closer to evicting US troops on Monday after the government sent to parliament the final package of documents required to ...
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Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters that American and Iraqi negotiators were "very close" to reaching a long-term security agreement that will set the rules ...
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# U.S. to pull 12,000 troops from Iraq as withdrawal begins »
Posted by: suzanek 8 months ago in News
The U.S. will reduce its military presence in Iraq by 12,000 troops over the next six months as part of the first major ...
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