Afghanistan
Is Obama wading into Big Muddy?
December 2, 2009President Obama announced his Afghanistan strategy Dec. 1 to a U.S. public that has very mixed feelings about the war and openly wonder if this will be the president's "Vietnam."
Read moreJobs, not bombs
December 2, 2009President Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan has generated skepticism and dismay among his supporters. And rightly so.
Read moreEscalating the war in Afghanistan is not the answer
December 1, 2009President Obama will make his speech on the war in Afghanistan tonight and it will call for thousands of additional troops.
Read moreMore troops to Afghanistan, but the public is wary
November 30, 2009President Obama has ordered more troops to Afghanistan, but the U.S. public has very mixed feelings about the war.
Read moreWorld Notes: Cuba, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Philippines, South Africa, Haiti
November 24, 2009Cuba: Children a privileged class In televised comments on the 20th anniversary of the UN adoption of a Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF official José Juan Ortiz indicated that of nine million children...
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