Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterIn Recruiting an Afghan Militia, U.S. Faces a Test
Published 4/15/2009 by By DEXTER FILKINS at NYT > Politics
An effort to transplant a program that succeeded in Iraq reflects the difficulties facing Americans as they try to make gains in Afghanistan.
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