Wednesday, 2. December 2009
There are two big news items from Obama’s speech tonight: a surge of 30000 troops in Afghanistan and a withdrawal of combat troops by the end of 2011. What you consider to the most important will probably depend on your political …
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Tuesday, 1. December 2009
President Obama has decided to deploy 30000 new troops to Afghanistan within the next six months, the New York Times reports. The deployment will be.
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Tuesday, 1. December 2009
Obama delivers his Afghanistan war speech Tuesday. The danger for the president is that next fall, disillusioned voters on the left sit out the midterm elections, when the Democrats are already expected to lose seats in Congress.
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Monday, 30. November 2009
An underlying conceit of the new spin about benchmarks and timetables for Afghanistan is the notion that pivotal events there can be choreographed from Washington.
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Norman Solomon: The Hollow Politics of Escalation
Monday, 30. November 2009
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Sunday, 29. November 2009
As President Obama prepares to lay out his war strategy for Afghanistan, lawmakers on Capitol Hill today expressed concerns about the ability of the A.
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Thursday, 26. November 2009
President Obama will be speaking to West Point cadets — and to the nation — when he lays out his new strategy for Afghanistan next.
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Wednesday, 25. November 2009
As news reports surface that President Obama may send 25000 to 30000 additional troops to Afghanistan, a Gallup poll conducted Nov. 20-22 has found.
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Tuesday, 24. November 2009
President Obama is expected to announce his decision on more troops for Afghanistan next Tuesday, and when CNN/Opinion Research asked Americans about.
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Americans Split on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan — Politics …
Tuesday, 24. November 2009
After months of deliberations, President Obama reportedly will unveil his new war plan for Afghanistan early next week in a prime-time Oval Office add.
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Obama to Unveil War Strategy for Afghanistan Next Week — Politics …
Friday, 20. November 2009
Even if analysts existed who understood Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the other countries of this region, their history, their people and why war and threat of war is a way of life, even if America’s decision makers knew how …
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Graft, Corruption and Cheap Politics in America are Winning the …
Thursday, 19. November 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unexpected visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday for the inauguration of president Hamid Karzai, who re.
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Hillary Clinton Drops in On Karzai Inauguration for Stern Pep Talk …