Afghanistan
Teacher funding passes and war opposition grows
July 2, 2010The votes in the House Thursday indicate growing end-the-war sentiment among congressional Democrats.
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Teacher funding added to war spending bill
July 1, 2010Lawmakers who want to prevent thousands of teacher layoffs but oppose spending more money on the war in Afghanistan face a dilemma in Congress this week.
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Lawmakers urge Afghanistan review
June 25, 2010Members of Congress are urging reexamination of U.S. policy in Afghanistan, after President Obama fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of military forces there.
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After McChrystal, now what?
June 24, 2010President Obama made an important defense of democracy by firing Gen. Stanley McChrystal from his Afghanistan command post, but now what?
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The Pentagon’s strange new Afghanistan campaign
June 14, 2010The Pentagon has "discovered" that Afghanistan is rich in untapped minerals, but some question what's behind it.
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