Jan 27th 2010
If federal workers listen closely to the State of the Union address, they can get a good sense of what agency priorities are going to be for the upcoming year.
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Jan 11th 2010
Cheers to Senator Diane Feinstein, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for calling on President Obama to halt the release of GITMO prisoners, and halt the efforts to re-patriate these suspected and known terrorists to countries with an al-Qaeda presence...
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Jan 11th 2010
The Associated Press says at least 868 members of the U.S. military have died in Central and South Asia since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late2001...
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Pentagon and Beyond
Dec 29th 2009
Former NSC staffer under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama says the surge can work in Afghanistan as it did in Iraq.
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Federal Drive
Dec 28th 2009
Afghanistan has been receiving a lot of attention in the last few weeks, most of it focused on the troop increase and the Afghan security forces.
But Dr...
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Dec 18th 2009
Are there problems ahead for the Obama administration and Pakistan? If the current situation is any indication, there may be. The U.S. wants the Pakistanis to engage Afghan militants operating in Pakistan to assist the NATO war against the Taliban in Afghanistan...
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Dec 11th 2009
J.J. Green blogs from Afghanistan -- where he's no longer stuck.
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Dec 10th 2009
National Security Correspondent J.J. Green is embedded with an Air Force Intelligence Unit in Afghanistan.
He was in Zabul Province when he went on foot patrol and met up with some local townspeople...
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Dec 10th 2009
Many of the local Afghans here are struggling to stay warm and to eat and find work. They're also worried about the late night visits from the Taliban to harass them. Another big concern is the U.S. troops engaged in a tough fight against an enemy deeply rooted in this region.
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Dec 9th 2009
An inside-look from half-a-world away
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Dec 9th 2009
By RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is cutting ties with the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan following an investigation of allegations that guards engaged in lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters...
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Dec 8th 2009
Lurita Doan's "12 Days of Consider This"
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Dec 8th 2009
State Hillary Clinton met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and reassured him the commitment to Afghanistan is not open would not need to be open-ended...
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Dec 4th 2009
NATO and Russia have resolved a dispute which Moscow's envoy to the military alliance had said could affect prospects for increased cooperation on Afghanistan, Russian and NATO diplomats said on Thursday...
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Dec 1st 2009
National Security Correspondent J.J. Green has details.
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