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House Rejects Proposal to Pull Troops from Afghanistan

Filed under: AfghanistanThe House on Thursday rejected a proposal to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, news agencies reported. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

The Afghanistan War: Tactical Victories, Strategic Stalemate?

Filed under: Terror, Afghanistan Journal, Afghanistan, MilitaryDespite battlefield victories touted by Gen. David Petraeus, the United States is not making strategic gains in Afghanistan, analysts say. Permalink | Email this | ...

DOE budget cuts end Fermilab search for most coveted particle

It was one of those seemingly small stories that gets little attention but encapsulates so much of what is going wrong in this country:

U.S. researchers will soon abandon their search for the most coveted particle in high-energy physics because of a lack of funding.

Researchers working at Fermi National Accelerator...

Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say

Filed under: AfghanistanThe U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan is failing to show results and should be refocused away from 'hearts and minds'' counterinsurgency, some experts say. But changing course may be too difficult to do now. Permalink ...

America’s longest war grows longer

Another year ends, but America's longest war continues. As it will, indefinitely. A couple weeks ago, we got this incomprehensible report:

President Obama said Thursday that "we are on track to achieve our goals" in the Afghan war and to "start reducing our forces next July."

Really? Of course, we...

Our Year of Zombie Politics

Like the living dead portrayed in so much of our pop culture, we seemed to slouch toward sad and contentious conclusions in our political discourse this year. But that need not be the theme for 2011, for life lived with promise is intrinsic to our bett...

Richard Holbrooke, American Diplomat, Is Dead at 69

Filed under: Democrats, Obits, Obama Administration, International, AfghanistanThe larger-than-life career ambassador served every Democratic president since Kennedy, brokering the 1995 Bosnian peace accords, shuttling to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and ...

Robert Gates Praises Progress in Afghanistan

Filed under: AfghanistanThe defense secretary said progress in the war has "exceeded my expectations" and made the nation more secure. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

The war in Afghanistan enters Joseph Heller territory

Earlier this month, it was reported that one of the largest U.S. government contractors in Afghanistan was being fined nearly $70 million for having "knowingly and systematically overcharged the U.S. government." But just two months after a whistleblower revealed the Louis Berger Group's deliberate and systematic overcharging, the U.S. Agency for International Development awarded...

Politics in Our Movies: From ‘Mr. Smith’ to ‘Casino Jack’

Even when a movie is not a fact-driven documentary, what's on film are "people" making choices of conscience and circumstance. On some level, choice always involves politics. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...

Afghan War: In 10th Year, No End in Sight

Filed under: Terror, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, Public Option, MilitaryU.S. troops and strike aircraft launched the Afghan war nine years ago Thursday, easily ousting the Taliban. Since then the war has intensified, and the cost...

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