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    Jan 9, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  1. US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....

    Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Armed Forces, American Enterprise Institute

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 pct

    Reuters
    By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country....

    Tags: U.S. Congress, John Kerry, Washington, DC, Afghanistan, Barack Obama

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. The president asked for $79.4...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, John Kerry, Washington, DC

    4. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops

    Reuters
    KABUL (Reuters) - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview. Moscow,...

    Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Moscow (Russia), HIV

    5. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan &mdash; After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested.
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....

    Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Armed Forces, Elections, National Government, India

    6. May 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Syrian intervention: Some questions

    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions:
    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...

    Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Central Intelligence Agency, Weaponry, U.S. Military, United Nations

    7. May 3, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  7. Fouad Ajami: Afghanistan shows Americans how not to fight wars

    In the unforgiving Afghan landscape, we have learned that you can't buy a warlord. You can only rent one. We owe this education to our man in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai. For more than a decade, it has been recently confirmed, U.S. dollars packed into...

    Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richard Holbrooke, Wars and Interventions, Politics

    8. May 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Getting less for our money in Afghanistan

    Among all the bizarre actions which have constituted U.S. foreign policy, one stands out today as particularly bizarre and counterproductive. Over the past 10 years, the CIA has given Afghan President Hamid Karzai bags full of money totaling millions of...

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hamid Karzai, The New York Times, Afghanistan

    9. Apr 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions

    &ldquo;Those who don&rsquo;t know history are destined to repeat it.&rdquo;
    “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Nowhere has that admonishment by 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke been ignored with such disastrous consequences as in Afghanistan. The imperial British...

    Tags: Hemorrhaging, Kabul (Afghanistan), National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions

    10. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  10. New Bush Library, same old Bush record

    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them.
    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them. It'...

    Tags: George H.W. Bush, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), International Military Interventions

    11. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work

    CHARIKAR, Afghanistan &mdash; At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's only regular occupant: a stray dog.
    CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...

    Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), National Government, Science and Technology

    12. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?

    Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...

    Tags: U.S. Military, Republican Party, Joe Biden, Defense, September 11, 2001 Attacks

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