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    May 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Syrian intervention: Some questions

    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions:
    WASHINGTON -- For all the armchair generals advocating U.S. military intervention in Syria, I have a few questions: Is human suffering the reason for the United States to act? That is the noblest and most altruistic of motives, and the estimated 70,...

    Tags: Afghanistan, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Central Intelligence Agency, Bashar Assad, Iraq

    2. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. New Bush Library, same old Bush record

    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them.
    It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. For their service to this country, we are indebted to each one of them. It'...

    Tags: Finance, Government, Wars and Interventions, John Adams, George W. Bush

    3. Mar 13, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Bad to worse in Afghanistan

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Over 11 years, the United States has expended more than 2,000 lives and $620 billion fighting the war in Afghanistan and supporting the government of President Hamid Karzai. And what have we accomplished?</span>
    Over 11 years, the United States has expended more than 2,000 lives and $620 billion fighting the war in Afghanistan and supporting the government of President Hamid Karzai. And what have we accomplished? You can get an idea from Karzai's statement...

    Tags: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Afghanistan, Government, Politics

    4. Dec 1, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Cut Medicare and Social Security? What's the rush?

    The question that normally comes to mind when someone claims to know the future is why he's out hustling rubes for pennies with his purported clairvoyance, instead of using it to make a fortune and retiring to the South Seas.
    The question that normally comes to mind when someone claims to know the future is why he's out hustling rubes for pennies with his purported clairvoyance, instead of using it to make a fortune and retiring to the South Seas. Of course, the answer is...

    Tags: Federal Reserve, Computer Hardware, Congressional Budget Office, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., American International Group

    5. Sep 26, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. Abderrahim Foukara, Al Jazeera's U.S. translator

    How do you convey to the world the American ideal of free speech or curious turns of phrase like &quot;stump speech" and "gerrymandering"? Abderrahim Foukara does it daily, as Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Washington. I first met the Moroccan-born journalist at the 2008 Republican convention, where he told me that he had explained John McCain as "maverick" to his Arab-language audiences as a bird that flies a distance from the flock. Now, at a parlous moment in the relationship between there and here, I asked the man who reports U.S. thinking to the Arab world to do some illuminating in the other direction.
    How do you convey to the world the American ideal of free speech or curious turns of phrase like "stump speech" and "gerrymandering"? Abderrahim Foukara does it daily, as Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Washington. I first met the Moroccan-born journalist at...

    Tags: Geography, John McCain, Entertainment, Africa, Politics

    6. Sep 11, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  6. Ceremonies, reflection mark 9/11 remembrance

    Amid solemn commemorations on Tuesday's 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Barack Obama and other leaders emphasized how America has emerged stronger from the devastation that killed more than 2,900 people and forever changed the nation and the world.
    Amid solemn commemorations on Tuesday's 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Barack Obama and other leaders emphasized how America has emerged stronger from the devastation that killed more than 2,900 people and forever changed the...

    Tags: Republican Party, Joe Biden, White House, Democratic Party, Harry Reid

    7. Jul 18, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  7. McManus: All quiet on the war front

    Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day.
    Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day. About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...

    Tags: Hamid Karzai, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Pakistan, Afghanistan

    8. Jul 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. The continuing Afghanistan failure

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">The last two&nbsp;days have been a very&nbsp;bad spell in Afghanistan, with bombings that killed seven U.S. troops along with Afghan soldiers, police&nbsp;and civilians. But then, are there ever good&nbsp;days in Afghanistan?</span>
    The last two days have been a very bad spell in Afghanistan, with bombings that killed seven U.S. troops along with Afghan soldiers, police and civilians. But then, are there ever good days in Afghanistan? Dexter Filkins' piece in the July 9 & 16 New...

    Tags: Steve Chapman, Taliban, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    9. May 5, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  9. Lehigh Valley historian sees Vietnam, Afghanistan similarities

    On Oct. 1, 2009, Gary Olson, head of the Political Science Department at Moravian College, said in a column in The Morning Call that the U.S. incursion into Afghanistan "has never been the 'good and necessary war' defended by President Obama." Olson said...

    Tags: Richard Nixon, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency

    10. Apr 20, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  10. Taliban claim responsibility for downing helicopter in Afghanistan

    The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for downing a Black Hawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan. "Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its passengers in Khanashen Dewalak area near Garmsir, southern...

    Tags: Taliban, Afghanistan, NATO, News Agency, Time Warner Inc.

    11. Sep 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Afghan leader rips film tied to Libya attack, raising fears of violence

    World Now
    President Hamid Karzai condemned an American-made film that crudely mocks Islam, galvanizing fears among Westerners that the Afghan leader's denunciation could be read as a go-ahead to stage violent protests....
    12. Nov 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 20-year-old soldier who lost arm and foot refuses to quit

    L.A. NOW
    Pfc. Geoffrey Quevedo, who lost an arm and foot in Afghanistan, refuses to give up. "I don't want to be treated like a baby by American society," he says....
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