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• Barack Obamas speech - the full text

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan – the nature of our commitment there, the scope of our interests, and the strategy that my Administration will pursue to bring ...
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• Barack Obama sets out final push in Afghanistan

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • New troops to be in Afghanistan within six months • US forces to begin pullout in summer 2011 Barack Obama last night set out a new strategy for Afghanistan that coupled a short-term escalation of the war with a promise that he will begin US troop withdrawals in July 2011, the first time that America has ...
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• Barack Obama’s “there’s no pretty way to say this” speech

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 507
  President Obama delivered a talk tonight on the grim reality of what we have to do in Afghanistan, and he did so without frills. To put it bluntly, the speech didn’t soar. There was no cinematic moment out of a Hollywood war epic. No brilliant, thrilling “yes we can.” But hell, it’s hard to soar when you’re ...
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• Barack Obamas Churchill moment

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Leaders and war. This, really, is what history finally comes down to, is it not? Winston Churchills statue was not put up in front of the Houses of Parliament to commemorate his tenure as chancellor of the exchequer, or his rather forgettable second go at No 10. In the United States, the reputations of presidents who ...
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• A decision borne from worlds loneliest job | Michael Tomasky

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Obama has shown that hes an empiricist - unlike his predecessor One doesnt doubt that Barack Obama, in those nine meetings with his "war council" and weeks spent pondering the matter, arrived at what he thought was the best – or least bad – choice in deciding to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. If ...
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• Afghanistan is now Obamas war

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  By upping the stakes and sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Obama has donned the mantle of wartime president In announcing his long-awaited Afghanistan troop decision on Tuesday night, Barack Obama donned the mantle of wartime president for good with the escalating conflict threatening to overshadow his ...
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• Barack Obamas Afghanistan strategy is a gamble and the price will be high | Simon Tisdall

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Barack Obamas new Afghan strategy marks a fateful, possibly defining moment for his young presidency. In seeking to subdue, control, unite and then honourably depart from a country that has defied foreign conquest for all 2,500 years of its recorded history, Obama aims to succeed where Alexander the Great, among ...
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• The Successful Coup

  
  Alterdestiny — Authority: 482
  After everything, the Honduran coup was an unmitigated success for Roberto Micheletti, the army, the business owners, and the other elites who supported it. Last weekends election saw the left hobbled, the conservative candidate victorious, and the United States basically agreeing to recognize the results. Spain and ...
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• Barack Obamas Afghanistan plan draws mixed reaction

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Republicans welcome troop deployment as US presidents allies raise doubts over goals and cost of war Barack Obamas Afghanistan plan was met with a mix of scorn and praise by his rightwing critics, and doubts among many of his allies over the goals and cost of the enterprise. Dick Cheney, the hawkish former vice ...
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• Steve Bell on Barack Obamas Afghanistan strategy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  US president to put new troops in Afghanistan in six months and plans for a pull out in the summer of 2011 Steve Bell
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• Cleaning house at the WTO | Kevin Gallagher

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  The US and other wealthy countries continue to fight the same stale battles over international trade. Its time to move on This week, the 10th anniversary of the infamous " Battle in Seattle ," ministers assembled in Geneva with renewed hopes of reviving world trade talks . To dampen expectations, World Trade ...
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• Barack Obama wars: the final push in Afghanistan

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • New troops to be in Afghanistan within six months • US to begin pullout in summer 2011 and end in 2013 Live blog: Obama unveils Afghanistan strategy Barack Obama is to set an ambitious timetable for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, with the first troops pulling out by July 2011. The announcement ...
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• US: Promoting Democracy?

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Michael Allen observes a “recent spate of articles” that suggest Arab democrats are  losing faith  in the Obama administration (also see our previous  post ). However, Marc Lynch takes issue with this line of reasoning. Lynch argues that while the Arab public is  disappointed  with President Obama, it is ...
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• Hello, I Must Be Going: Obama’s Afghan decision that wasnt

  
  David Rothkopf — Authority: 472
  On the morning of September11, 2001 , the front page of the NewYork Times contained stories on school dress codes, violence betweenIsraelis and Palestinians, the struggling U.S. economy, stem cells, nuclearsmuggling, and morning television.  Which is to say history is what happens when you are lookingin the ...
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• Afghanistan: Obama Speech Tonight

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Time reports that the first of 30,000  additional troops  will arrive in Afghanistan sometime before Christmas. Meanwhile, everyone is  anticipating  President Obama ’s speech tonight that will delineate the new  Afghan strategy  and establish a rough timetable for withdrawal. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Cali.) ...
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• Simon Jenkins: Imposing idiot sanctions on Iran is a direct route to war

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Britain has no interest in bullying Iran over nuclear proliferation. The very trap that led to Iraq and Afghanistan looms again What is the difference between Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran? The answer, future historians may relate, is none. At the dawn of the 21st century, all three states were ruled by nasty ...
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• Iran: Arguing New Approaches

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Michael Allen has written that the U.S. needs to develop a twin-track strategy on strategy that addresses the nuclear issue and responds to Iran’s intensifying ideological “cold war” on the country’s democrats. He relates Paula J. Dobriansky and Christian Whiton ’s sentiment that the U.S. should ...
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• Steve Coll on strategy in Afghanistan

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 612
  Every week or so, the NewAmericaFoundation and Politico host online chats on a variety of hot topics. This weeksfeatured New AmericaFoundation president and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll talking about Afghanistan onthe day of President Obamas long-awaited, much anticipated speech on a newstrategy for the ...
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• President Obamas trip to China -- what still hasnt been said

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 574
  Guest post by Michael S. Chase   Michael S. Chase is a Fellow with the Truman National Security Project and an Assistant Professor at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The views expressed in this article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of ...
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• Corruption confusion in Afghanistan | Nushin Arbabzadah

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  For the average Afghan, corruption is simply an economic system where everybody tries to have a share The international community has given President Karzai six months to rid his administration of corruption or face the consequences, and the US is pressing for the appointment of a "high representative" to keep ...
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