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10 years later, Iraq war holds big lessons
March 19, 2013President Bush launched a war that directly killed nearly 4,500 U.S. troops and at least 121,000 Iraqis, and wounded over 33,000 U.S. soldiers and countless Iraqis.
Read moreSenate hearings on Hagel were a disgrace
February 1, 2013After the Senate hearingson President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, several important points need to be made.
Read moreUN to investigate U.S. drone strikes
February 1, 2013The announcement comes as several related aspects of U.S. military policy are intersecting early in President Obama's second term.
Read moreMali and chickens
January 24, 2013The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.
Read moreFour more years: Central and South Asia
January 18, 2013From the ice-bound passes of the Hindu Kush to the blazing heat of the Karakum Desert, Central Asia is a sub-continent steeped in illusion.
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