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Senate hearings on Hagel were a disgrace

February 1, 2013 By John Wojcik

After the Senate hearingson President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, several important points need to be made.

UN to investigate U.S. drone strikes

February 1, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

The announcement comes as several related aspects of U.S. military policy are intersecting early in President Obama's second term.

Mali and chickens

January 24, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.

Four more years: Central and South Asia

January 18, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

From 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.

Debate heats up over U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan

January 10, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Debate is intensifying about the numbers of U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after the projected withdrawal of most by the end of 2014.