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    Mar 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Afghanistan: what 'victory' looks like

    Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from both the left and the right on the subject, these questions are especially timely. Will the president soon be tempted to say that with Osama bin Laden dead (on the positive side), but with the Afghan and Pakistani governments still very hard to work with and the insurgency still resilient (on the negative side), it's simply time to declare victory, cut our losses and get the forces home fast?
    Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from...

    Tags: NATO, Barack Obama, Pakistan, International Organizations, George W. Bush

    2. Jun 21, 2011 |Story| Associated Press
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    3. Jun 4, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. In Kabul, Gates urges patience with Afghan war

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan.
    AP National Security Writer
    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan. On his 12th and final visit to Afghanistan as...

    Tags: NATO, Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, Kabul (Afghanistan), Injuries and Wounds

    4. Apr 6, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Tim Rutten: Florida pastor Terry Jones and the far reach of free speech

    In this digital age, speech has been globalized just as surely as commerce. That's one of the lessons to be taken from the troubling sequence of events in which a tiny Florida church's distasteful publicity stunt of burning a Koran triggered five days of...

    Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Qur'an, Florida, Gainesville

    5. Dec 3, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama's predictable surprise troop visit to Afghanistan: What's behind it and what he said

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    $4.7 million: What's inside and behind Obama's unannounced brief trip to the Afghanistan war zone....
    6. Nov 12, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  6. Aghan buildup: Public, officials divided

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva As President Barack Obama nears a decision about the deployment of new U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, the American public appears sharply divided: Just 42 percent support an increase in U.S. troops -- 35 percent at the......

    Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, U.S. Department of State, Polls, International Military Interventions

    7. Nov 24, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama's Afghanistan decision: Tune in next week

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    President Obama held his ninth meeting Monday night in the situation room with his War Council, a two-hour session to review the options in Afghanistan. This time, the assembled foreign-policy and military experts even included the U.S. ambassador to...
    8. Nov 24, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  8. Obama's war team suits up to testify

    The Swamp
    by Julian E. Barnes and Christi Parsons and updated Key players in President Barack Obama's war team are getting ready to testify before Congress about Afghanistan, a sign that a decision about a new war strategy -- and announcement about......

    Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, National Government, Robert Gates, Government

    9. Nov 30, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  9. Obama issues Afghanistan orders

    The Swamp
    by Christi Parsons and updated Hours after issuing orders to launch his new strategy in Afghanistan, President Obama this morning began calling world leaders to tell them of his decision and ask for their assistance. But Obama does not plan......

    Tags: Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Pakistan, National Government, Dmitry Medvedev

    10. Dec 1, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  10. Obama: Afghan surge, then draw-down

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    by Christi Parsons and Julian E. Barnes, updated 4 pm EST WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama has ordered the deployment of 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, officials said today, yet the president also will announce tonight that the......

    Tags: Barack Obama, Pakistan, Joe Biden, National Government, Robert Gates

    11. Dec 7, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  11. Pearl Harbor Day: Infamy and war

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva This is "a date which will live in infamy,'' as President Franklin Roosevelt told the Congress the day after Japan unleashed a devastating surprise attack on American naval and air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec.......

    Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), New York, Diplomacy

    12. Jun 22, 2010 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  12. "Runaway" McChrystal at odds with WH

    The Swamp
    by Julian Barnes In a new magazine profile, the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, and his advisers appear to ridicule Vice President Joe Biden and are portrayed as dismissive of civilian oversight of the war. The article,......

    Tags: Barack Obama, Missing Persons, Pakistan, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Issues

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