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Obama approves 13,000 more troops to Afghanistan
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Aziz Poonawalla
without any fanfare – this was not announced via press release. In an unannounced move, President Barack Obama is dispatching an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported. The additional forces are primarily support forces — such as engineers, medical personnel, intelligence experts and…
Obama takes troop reduction in Afghanistan off the table
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Aziz Poonawalla
John McCain: “I think the great danger now is a half-measure, sort of a – you know, try to please all ends of the political spectrum,” McCain told CNN chief national correspondent John King. “And, again, I have great sympathy for the president, making the toughest decisions that presidents have to make, but I think…
Obama on Letterman: Remarkable.
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Aziz Poonawalla
I rarely catch late night television, so it was a bit of a surprise to me that President Obama was on Dave Letterman’s show last night. I much prefer the Letterman format of keeping a guest around instead of shooing them away after a couple of segments, though maybe that’s the norm for Letterman too…
troops in Afghanistan: too many or not enough?
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Aziz Poonawalla
The McChrystal Report saga continues its inexorable trend towards the pre-ordained conclusion. At the beginning of September, the report had not yet been made public, but there seemed to be a concensus that Gen. McChrystal really understood the need to change overall strategy. A week later, 34 pages of the report were made public, and…
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