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• Obama: Not worrying about perceptions on Afghanistan

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 674
  As President Barack Obama nears a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, some experts say he should consider the signal his decision will send about his broader commitment to the war, which has grown increasingly unpopular at home. The White House has been frustrated that its internal ...
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• Reputations vs. Reality

  
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  US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan spent a sleepless night calling friends and neighbors, telling them goodbye and saying he’d miss them. He handed out copies of the Qur’an. He went to morning prayers, got his usual coffee and hash brown from a local convenience store, smiled at other patrons, then went home and ...
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• Iraq Finally Agrees On A New Election Law

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  The politicians and law makers in the volatile and fragile nation of Iraq have finally reached an agreement, unanimously passing a new election law, that is expected the country to conduct fair and decisive elections in the month of January next year. If the elections are a success without any allegations of fraud or ...
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• Gorbachev Concurs With My Advice for Obama on Afghanistan

  
  Simon Kapenda — Authority: 413
  On October 2, 2009, I wrote and published a blog analysis titled “ What is Not Happening Inside the White House’s Situation Room for the War in Afghanistan? ” detailing what President Obama should do in order to end the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2009, CBS Evening News followed up with a special report ...
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• The stresses of military mental health personnnel

  
  Psyche, Science, and Society — Authority: 129
  As we ponder the tragedy at Fort hood, the New York Times has a good article on the stresses facing military psychiatrists and other military mental health personnel. Painful Stories Take a Toll on Military Therapists By Benedict Carey , Damien Cave , and Lizette Alvarez Many of the patients who fill ...
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• NATO Airstrike Kills Friendly Troops.

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  The search for the two missing U.S soldiers in Afghanistan turned into a tragedy as eight Afghan soldiers lost their lives due to an alleged NATO airstrike gone horribly wrong. The incident also wounded more than 20 Afghan and U.S troops. The two missing American soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 149
  via UnslaveMeeBy Sara A. Carter 11/6/09KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus.Dr. Jim Radike, an expert in internal medicine ...
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• Bronx Veterans’ Day Parade Celebration

  
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• George Christy Exclusive: Actor Mickey Rooney, US Troops Honored

  
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  The long time veterans rights spokesman honored along with the men and women of the armed services at the 54th annual Thalians Ball.
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• More Funding For Pentagon’s War In Iraq & Afghanistan

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  America’s war machine, the Pentagon is expected to move the U.S Congress for additional funding   on an urgent basis that will be used to supplement the current funds and wage a prolonged campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that the war efforts in these two theaters ...
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• Afghan women on US troops: Stay? Or leave?

  
  Psyche, Science, and Society — Authority: 129
  American Prospect has an interesting discussion of differeing attitudes among Afghan women toward the US presence there. In case you don’t read the entire article, it needs to be considered in the context of the final paragraph: To a large degree, the answer depends on whether one believes that the American ...
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• Afghan Lives: unfortunate collateral damage in the ‘war of necessity’

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  Civilian casualty in the US war in Afghanistan hardly gets much press. In the pursuit of victory in the highly-controversial war on terror, Afghan lives are simply collateral damage. When US safety is concerned, ‘media isn’t about to focus real attention on the particular form of barbarity involved — the ...
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• US troops earning money from drug production in Afghanistan: Afghan minister

  
  The Business Time — Authority: 127
  (PTI): The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Satruday.He went on to say that NATO ...
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• The Terror-Industrial Complex

  
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  When Eisenhower left office in 1960 he warned the nation to beware of the military-industrial complex…he gave a rather dire warning of a beast that could be born….and his prediction was ever so accurate.  But what is the MIC? a concept commonly used to refer to policy relationships between governments , ...
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• Afghanistan officially a sucky place to be for U.S. troops

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 580
  1,000 troops hurt since August; worse than Iraq surge SOURCE Related posts: The U.S. is throwing more Taliban-fighting troops in Afghanistan Daily Poll: Should the U.S. send more troops to Afghanistan? Obama: Not looking to put troops in harm’s way unless necessary
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• Swine Flu Declared Natl. Emergency

  
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  Government hopes move will allow health care system to streamline treatment.
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• NATO Backs U.S. Troop Boost in Afghanistan

  
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  Increased US presence expected to protect Afghan people and counter Taliban.
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• US-Israeli Missile Defense War Game Signals Israeli Attack on Iran

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 554
  By Paul Craig RobertsOctober 28, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — -There’s no word in the Western press, but Al Jazeera reports that the US and Israel are conducting tests of the high altitude missile defense system that the US has provided to Israel.The anti-missile system is useless against the short ...
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• Insurgents Target United Nations In Afghanistan

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  The Afghanistan presidential elections, that are slated to begin on November 7th this year have been strongly boycotted by the Taliban and other radical Islamist groups. To show their discontentment, these terror outfits have begun a new campaign of terror in the country. Today, seven people, including three U.N ...
  2 weeks ago

• Poll: Support up for troop increase in Afghanistan

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 674
  Public support for sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is on the rise, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday. The poll finds 47 percent of Americans favor boosting the troop level in Afghanistan, compared to 43 percent who are opposed to the idea. An NBC/WSJ poll in September found ...
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