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Comments Obama says he is seeking 'endgame' to Afghan conflict 19 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am
A week into an Asia trip that has made few dramatic headlines, President Obama on Wednesday told reporters that he would announce a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan "in the next several ...
Surgical Approach to Afghanistan 24 Sep 2009 | 05:30 am
If the mess in Afghanistan looks ever more like a dark cloud hanging over the war on terror, there's at least a small silver lining: The military and the Obama administration are having increasing suc...
Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know 23 Sep 2009 | 11:42 am
When Palm launched its Pre at CES, we were both blown away and pretty overwhelmed. Besides issuing new hardware, the company also demoed a completely original operating system called webOS which incor...
Who Pays for Health-Care Reform, and Is It Fair? 23 Sep 2009 | 11:33 am
No one is against expanding health coverage on principle. As we come down to crunch time, the health-reform debate is all about money.
Fending Off Failure in Afghanistan 23 Sep 2009 | 06:44 am
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top military commander in Afghanistan, in a confidential assessment submitted to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, warns in grim and urgent language that he needs additio...
America's dilemma: Would troop surge work in Afghanistan? 23 Sep 2009 | 06:19 am
NATO's American commander in Afghanistan has sounded the alarm that the Afghan mission could fail unless there is a significant boost in troop levels, and a new counter-insurgency strategy to defeat t...
Obama Administration At A Crossroads In Its Afghan Strategy 23 Sep 2009 | 06:13 am
The Obama administration is at a crossroads in its strategy for Afghanistan. One choice, urged by the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is to commit significantl...
In Afghanistan Assessment, a Catalyst for Obama 23 Sep 2009 | 06:06 am
President Obama could read the grim assessment of the Afghanistan war from his top military commander there in two possible ways. He could read Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s report as a blunt and impas...
McChrystal tries to calm Afghans after air strike 23 Sep 2009 | 06:02 am
The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan flew on Saturday to the scene of a deadly air strike by his forces, trying to cool anger that threatens his strategy of winning hearts and minds. ...
In Afghanistan War Report, Echoes Of Iraq 23 Sep 2009 | 05:58 am
It is hard to ignore the echoes of another recent war when reading Gen. Stanley McChrystal's leaked report that warns about looming failure in Afghanistan without additional U.S. troops.
