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justoneminute.typepad.com - 3 hours ago
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The NY Times Magazine fawns over Joe Biden
in their latest cover story. But for some reason...
they don't cite as an example of his political acumen his success in predicting the collapse of Obama in the polls. Here is...
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The Prescient Joe Biden
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jihadwatch.org - 5 hours ago
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Why wouldn't the Post-American President allow this? After
all, he already plans to try the CIA members...
who interrogated jihadis at Gitmo , and Navy Seals who captured a top jihadist . Why should he have any problem with this? "Prosecuting ...
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Obama may allow Americans to be tried for war crimes in ...
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Matthew Hoh Speaks Grim Truth To Power
3 hours ago at Huffington Post
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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 5 hours ago
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Minister Jung Resigns amid Afghanistan Airstrike Scandal The
Taliban and its Islamists cohorts kill civilians all the...
time, intentionally. It's not as if the fuel trucks were left out as bait cars. The trucks were ambushed and the truck drivers were killed or wounded. What the heck is going ...
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What scandal? How many soldiers would have been killed ...
rhymeswithright.mu.nu - 6 hours ago
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Next time Markos "Kos" Moulistas endorses a candidate
or supports a political measure, we don't just have...
to remind he American public about how he supported the murder of Americans in Iraq a few years back -- we now have...
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A Quote To Remember
newsbusters.org - 6 hours ago
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Want to understand the liberal mind? Check out
Daily Kos creator Markos Moulitsas on this evening's Schultz...
show . . Why does Kos say he hates the Taliban? Because they aided and abetted Osama Bin Laden in the murder of thousands of Americans? ...
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To Kos, Taliban's Real Crime Is Being Un-PC
thehill.com - 8 hours ago
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers that President Obama
had engaged in a "thoughtful process" on Afghanistan and...
refused to criticize the president for delaying his decision to send more troops. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who was in the briefing in ...
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McChrystal calls Obama 'thoughtful,' won't criticize delay
mudvillegazette.com - 10 hours ago
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( Part one here ) Four years ago
this weekend, President Bush unveiled his U.S. National Strategy...
for Victory in Iraq in a speech at the US Naval Academy. Now President Obama will be doing the same for Afghanistan - but his speech will be given at West Point. They're different , you see. ...
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Mission accomplishable (II)
thewashingtonnote.com - 12 hours ago
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary
A New Way Forward: The President's Address to the...
American People on Afghan Strategy Oval Office For Immediate Release -- December 2nd 8:01 P.M. EDT My fellow Americans, On March ...
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The Right Speech Barack Obama Won't Give on Afghanistan
mudvillegazette.com - 14 hours ago
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McChrystal met American lawmakers in Afghanistan , told
them "he believed that the mission was accomplishable". Some...
of the lawmakers pressed McChrystal on Obama's lengthy decision-making, but the general described it as a "thoughtful process and wouldn't go any further," Price said. "I was a ...
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Mission accomplishable
politico.com - 20 hours ago
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He must convince his anti-war supporters to back
a plan for Afghanistan that would double troop levels....
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Obama must sell base on unpopular war
online.wsj.com - 20 hours ago
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With Obama set to announce his decision on
sending more troops to Afghanistan, debate is surfacing on...
the parallels between the U.S. war on the Taliban and the Soviets' war with the mujahedeen.
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Soviets' Afghan War Informs Surge Debate
blackfive.net - 20 hours ago
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Button02b B5newshirt The red symbolizes our military backgrounds,
and the white symbolizes the peace that we all...
desire. The dagger represents justice, the wings represent swiftness, and the shield represents protection. Amazon.com Widgets
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Thanksgiving in Afghanistan (at Kandahar)
independent.co.uk - 23 hours ago
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The head of Germany's armed forces has resigned
over allegations of a military cover-up following a Nato...
air strike in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians. General Wolfgang Schneiderhan's resignation caps a deeply embarrassing episode for ...
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The Independent
mudvillegazette.com - 28 hours ago
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Thanksgiving dinner video from the dining facilities (DFACs)
on Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
2009. Soundtrack is my addition, and should be familiar to one and all. I'm thankful to have been there, done that, and be home for this one. And I'm thankful that the ...
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Thanksgiving during war - Iraq and Afghanistan, 2009
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 32 hours ago
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Workin' it? (photo: ambimb) Obama will announce the
revised Afghanistan strategy next Tuesday at West Point. I...
consider it the right optic: looking the cadets in the face and telling them why he’s escalating the war — a war the cadets ...
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The War Tax is For Real, and Here’s the Conservative ...
mudvillegazette.com - 32 hours ago
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blogs.abcnews.com - 38 hours ago
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ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports: The President may
announce he's sending tens of thousands more troops to...
Afghanistan, but in doing so, he'll emphasize how he'll eventually bring them home. "The president does not see this as an open ended ...
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Gibbs: Obama to Emphasize Exit Strategy
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americanthinker.com - 40 hours ago
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We now have a Commander in Chief, who
in shallow, selfish mode, regards our troops as a...
"pretty good photo op."
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Blessed with freedom? Thank a soldier.
corner.nationalreview.com - 41 hours ago
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This has been a tougher-than-normal year, but I
have a lot to be thankful for: my family...
remains fed and sheltered, I've managed to find professional opportunities in a rotten economy, and the Detroit Lions will go for their third win of the season ...
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Thankful -- By: John J. Miller
politicsdaily.com - 2 days ago
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After months of deliberations, President Obama reportedly will
unveil his new war plan for Afghanistan early next...
week in a prime-time Oval Office address that could come Tuesday evening. Obama's decisions on whether to significantly intensify ...
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Obama to Unveil War Strategy for Afghanistan Next Week
cnn.com - 2 days ago
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Obama seeks revisions to Afghanistan plans, sources say
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Obama seeks revisions to Afghanistan plans, sources say
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 2 days ago
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The president will detail his new war strategy
in an 8 p.m. speech....
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Obama to Address Nation From West Pt.
themoderatevoice.com - 2 days ago
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Mike Keefe, The Denver Post This cartoon is
copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction...
strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
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Afghanistan Job
whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com - 2 days ago
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Fox White House Correspondent Mike Emanuel reports the
following breaking news from the White House: * President...
will address the nation Tuesday at 8pm from West Point US Military Academy, where he will announce his decision on US troop levels in ...
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Just in: President to Address Nation from West Point ...
feeds.nytimes.com - 2 days ago
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The White House said President Obama had completed
his consultations and would formally announce his decision in...
a national address in the next week.
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Obama to Speak From West Point Tuesday on Afghanistan
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 2 days ago
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The president decides to attend part of the
climate change summit....
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Obama Will Go to Copenhagen
hotair.com - 2 days ago
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Encouraging words, and reminiscent of his “necessary war”
rhetoric from the campaign trail. [...] Read the rest...
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Obama: It’s time to finish the job in Afghanistan
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 2 days ago
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The Brits aren’t happy about Barack Obama’s dithering
and waffling on Afghanistan either. The British Defense Secretary...
blasted Obama this week in the press: The Brits even blamed Obama for the decline in public support for the War ...
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British Defense Secretary Lashes Out at Obama’s ...
politicalwire.com - 2 days ago
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Gallup : "Americans over the last two weeks
have become slightly more likely to favor sending more...
U.S. troops to Afghanistan, and slightly less likely to favor a reduction in forces. At this point, 47% of Americans would advise President Obama to ...
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Increased Support for More Troops in Afghanistan
huffingtonpost.com - 2 days ago
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Phill Carter, a key Pentagon appointee in charge
of detainee affairs, has resigned. Carter told the Washington...
Post that he was leaving for "personal and family reasons." Carter, an Iraq war veteran, worked on new policies that helped Guantanamo ...
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Phil Carter Resigns: Key Pentagon Appointee Worked On ...
blackfive.net - 2 days ago
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A Time for Giving Thanks | Main Thanksgiving
Pooch Posted By Blackfive A dog rides in a...
U.S. soldier's backpack on Combat Outpost Jeleran, Afghanistan. The dog, named Cookie, is the unofficial mascot of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. U.S. ...
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Thanksgiving Pooch
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2 days ago
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Washington (CNN) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi kept the
door open Tuesday to a proposal by several senior...
House Democrats to impose a graduated surtax on American taxpayers to finance the war in Afghanistan.
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Pelosi keeps door open on war tax
news.yahoo.com - 2 days ago
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AP - War-weary Americans will support more fighting
in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing,...
President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more ...
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Obama to unveil plan to add troops in Afghanistan
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nytimes.com - 2 days ago
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American soldiers were on patrol in Kashmiri Bala,
a village in Logar Province south of Kabul, Afghanistan,...
on Tuesday.
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News Analysis
latimes.com - 2 days ago
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A break from the war Actor Gary Sinise
joins a crowd of Marines during a USO concert...
at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province. ( Chuck Liddy / Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer / November 25 , 2009 )
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Talk of war surtax for Afghanistan expenses heats up -
huffingtonpost.com - 2 days ago
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Tuesday that every
dollar President Obama decides to spend on the war...
in Afghanistan is one less that's available to help bring about an economic recovery, improve the jobs situation and bank away political capital ...
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Pelosi Sees Unrest Among Dems: 'Can We Afford This War?'
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gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 2 days ago
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Barack Obama has now played more golf than
George W. Bush did in two terms in office....
But he’s still dithering on whether or not to support the US troops in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal reported: Barack Obama has now played 25 ...
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Obama Has Now Played 25 Rounds of Golf- More Than ...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2 days ago
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The Pentagon, which favors a surge in US
troops to Afghanistan knows how defense bidding goes. They've...
seen enough of it from the large defense contractors to know that you bid low and reconcile at a multiple of two or three times higher than the ...
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Afghanistan Price Tag Will Easily Beat Annual Cost of ...
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 2 days ago
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Posting about our coming entitlement problem generates some
non-sequiturs masquerading as incisive political commentary. Conservatives have "no...
credibility" on budget deficits because George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan ran big deficits You are ...
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Budget Non-Sequiturs
mudvillegazette.com - 2 days ago
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Rumblings of discontent in England : Bob Ainsworth,
the defence secretary, has blamed Barack Obama and the...
United States for the decline in British public support for the war in Afghanistan. Mr Ainsworth took the unprecedented step of publicly criticising the US President and his delays in ...
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The five-year plan
youtube.com - 2 days ago
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http://AmericasNewsToday.Com/ Britain's Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth Destroys Obama's
Afghanistan (90-Day) Delay 11-25-09...
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Britain's Defence Secretary Destroys Obama's Afghanistan ...
fivefeetoffury.com - 2 days ago
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a 45-page paper by Army Maj. Jim Gant,
the former team leader of a special-ops detachment stationed...
in Konar province. The paper, called “One Tribe at a Time: A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan,” recounts his experiences with organizing “tribal engagement ...
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News flash: Afghanistan not Germany or Japan
blog.vdare.com - 2 days ago
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For most of the decade, I’ve been pointing
out that feudalism would work better in Afghanistan than...
nation-building. Europeans came up with feudalism to defend themselves from the Vikings after the breakup of Charlemagne’s empire. It’s cheap, it ...
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Afghanistan: The Future Is Feudal!
gallup.com - 2 days ago
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans over the last two
weeks have become slightly more likely to favor sending...
more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, and slightly less likely to favor a reduction in forces. At this point, 47% of Americans would advise President Obama ...
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In U.S., More Support for Increasing Troops in Afghanistan
abcnews.go.com - 2 days ago
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President Obama highlights counterterrorism as a priority in
the region. Afghanistan - Counter-terrorism - Asia - Society...
and Culture - Barack Obama
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WATCH: Obama Will Strive to Finish Job in Afghanistan
abcnews.go.com - 2 days ago
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Insight into Obama?s expected announcement about strategy in
Afghanistan. Afghanistan - Asia - Government - Society and...
Culture - Barack Obama
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WATCH: Afghanistan Off Ramp?
ipsnews.net - 2 days ago
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Calculating the ANA Combat Troop Turnover Rate The
turnover rate in any organisation in a given time...
period is the total number of personnel who quit the organisation divided by the total number who belonged to the organisation during that period. ...
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POLITICS: Afghan Army Turnover Rate Threatens U.S. ...
huffingtonpost.com - 3 days ago
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The U.S. ambassador in Kabul sent two classified
cables to Washington in the last week expressing deep...
concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle ...
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Karl Eikenberry Dissents On Afghan Troop Increase
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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President Barack Obama said at a joint news
conference with India's Prime Minister, that he will announce...
a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan within days.
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Video: Obama to announce Afghanistan plans
