google.com - 28 days ago
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3 days ago NEW DELHI Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to stop a return to "brutal tyranny" in the nation. In a wide-ranging speech to a leadership conference in the Indian capital New Delhi, Bush said defeating the ...
mudvillegazette.com - 10/28/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
By the looks of it, this NY Times
story was going to tell the whole truth :...
The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the looks of it, the ceremony that unfolded last week inside the Presidential Palace here was marking a joyous, even triumphant, occasion. ...
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Round Two
taylormarsh.com - 10/30/2009
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taylormarsh.com —
This post has been edited and updated with
reporting from the event. The event today, “Afghanistan: Basic...
Questions – Strategic Choices,” was organized by the Rand Corp., with Steve Clemons of NAF. As backdrop, ...
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Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 30 days ago
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com —
NEW DELHI: Pitching for a greater role for
India globally, former US President George W Bush today...
favoured its entry into the expanded UN Security Council, which he acknowledged had got caught into political complications over questions like size ...
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Bush favours UNSC seat for India
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Bush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
Think Progress —
... the Afghanistan war over the term of his presidency, had some advice for Obama as he considers whether or not to send more U.S. troops into that conflict. “I hope we don’t abandon the people of Afghanistan,” Bush said, adding that U.S. withdrawal would cause the return of “brutal tyranny” in the nation. ...
Bush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
The Hollywood Liberal —
... the Afghanistan war over the term of his presidency, had some advice for Obama as he considers whether or not to send more U.S. troops into that conflict. “I hope we don’t abandon the people of Afghanistan ,” Bush said, adding that U.S. withdrawal would cause the return of “brutal tyranny” in the nation. ...
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