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    Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. U.S. in danger of losing humanities, social sciences edge: panel

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is in danger of losing its advantage in the humanities and social sciences, just as China and other rivals move toward the U.S. model of a broad education in the liberal arts, a federal panel warned in a report...

    Tags: Sociology, U.S. Congress, Culture, Duke University, Science and Technology

    2. Mar 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Afghanistan: what 'victory' looks like

    Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from both the left and the right on the subject, these questions are especially timely. Will the president soon be tempted to say that with Osama bin Laden dead (on the positive side), but with the Afghan and Pakistani governments still very hard to work with and the insurgency still resilient (on the negative side), it's simply time to declare victory, cut our losses and get the forces home fast?
    Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from...

    Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    3. Apr 6, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Tim Rutten: Florida pastor Terry Jones and the far reach of free speech

    In this digital age, speech has been globalized just as surely as commerce. That's one of the lessons to be taken from the troubling sequence of events in which a tiny Florida church's distasteful publicity stunt of burning a Koran triggered five days of...

    Tags: Qur'an, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)

    4. Jun 4, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. In Kabul, Gates urges patience with Afghan war

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan.
    AP National Security Writer
    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan. On his 12th and final visit to Afghanistan as...

    Tags: Politics, Civil Unrest, Health, Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity

    5. Dec 3, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama's predictable surprise troop visit to Afghanistan: What's behind it and what he said

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    $4.7 million: What's inside and behind Obama's unannounced brief trip to the Afghanistan war zone....
    6. Dec 14, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Richard Holbrooke dies at 69; diplomat

    Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's emissary to Afghanistan and Pakistan and one of the most celebrated American diplomats of the last half-century, died Monday, the State Department said. He was 69.
    Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's emissary to Afghanistan and Pakistan and one of the most celebrated American diplomats of the last half-century, died Monday, the State Department said. He was 69. Holbrooke, who in 1995 brokered the...

    Tags: Politics, Health, George Washington University, Hamid Karzai, Bill Clinton

    7. Jun 22, 2010 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  7. Obama: War General Used 'Poor Judgment'

    Even Rolling Stone's editor agreed with Gen. Stanley McChrystal that the Afghan war's U.S. commander showed poor judgment in airing complaints about the Obama administration in the magazine.
    Associated Press
    Even Rolling Stone's editor agreed with Gen. Stanley McChrystal that the Afghan war's U.S. commander showed poor judgment in airing complaints about the Obama administration in the magazine. But Eric Bates said it was in keeping with McChrystal's...

    Tags: Politics, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, White House

    8. Jun 23, 2010 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  8. War General To Explain Published Complaints About President, Aides

    With the ramped-up war in Afghanistan at a precarious moment, President Barack Obama prepared to hear his top war commander explain biting published complaints about the commander in chief and his aides.
    Staff reporter
    With the ramped-up war in Afghanistan at a precarious moment, President Barack Obama prepared to hear his top war commander explain biting published complaints about the commander in chief and his aides. Even before their showdown, the White House's...

    Tags: Politics, John McCain, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, U.S. Military

    9. Nov 12, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  9. Aghan buildup: Public, officials divided

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva As President Barack Obama nears a decision about the deployment of new U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, the American public appears sharply divided: Just 42 percent support an increase in U.S. troops -- 35 percent at the......

    Tags: Politics, Republican Party, U.S. Military, Afghanistan, National Government

    10. Nov 24, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Obama's Afghanistan decision: Tune in next week

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    President Obama held his ninth meeting Monday night in the situation room with his War Council, a two-hour session to review the options in Afghanistan. This time, the assembled foreign-policy and military experts even included the U.S. ambassador to...
    11. Nov 24, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  11. Obama's war team suits up to testify

    The Swamp
    by Julian E. Barnes and Christi Parsons and updated Key players in President Barack Obama's war team are getting ready to testify before Congress about Afghanistan, a sign that a decision about a new war strategy -- and announcement about......

    Tags: Defense, Politics, Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton, Government

    12. Nov 30, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  12. Obama issues Afghanistan orders

    The Swamp
    by Christi Parsons and updated Hours after issuing orders to launch his new strategy in Afghanistan, President Obama this morning began calling world leaders to tell them of his decision and ask for their assistance. But Obama does not plan......

    Tags: Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military, Afghanistan, National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War

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