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JUAN COLE

B+ for Obama Foreign Policy, F for Not Owning It

New prez is doing fine in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, but no one notices

Oct 27, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the howls of protest over President Obama's Nobel Prize and the administration’s "dithering" on Afghanistan , the fact is that the new president’s foreign endeavors deserve good marks, says Juan Cole. Cole gives Obama an A for his Iranian statesmanship, a... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • Pakistan • US foreign policy • US military • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

Oct. Deadliest Afghan Month as 8 US Troops Die

'Complex' bombings in south also take 1 Afghan life

Oct 27, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(AP) - Eight American troops have been killed today in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for American troops there since the war began in 2001. The 8 deaths occurred in "multiple, complex" bomb attacks in the south, according to the US military. More »

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Taliban • US military • US troops • bombing • Afghanistan war • war dead • military offensive

Brits Hold Up Hacker's  Extradition

Asperger's sufferer accused of cracking Pentagon systems

Oct 27, 09 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - American authorities keen to get their hands on a man accused of the biggest military hack in history are going to have to wait. British authorities have "stopped the clock" on the extradition of Gary McKinnon while lawyers examine new medical evidence, say officials. McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome,... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • autism • hacker • US military • hacking • Asperger's Syndrome

 US Drones Back Up 
 Pakistani Offensive 

Predators offer intel on militant positions in South Waziristan

Oct 23, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is supporting the Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan with intelligence and imaging collected by unmanned Predator drones. The support is separate from the CIA program using the drones inside Pakistan to kill terrorist leaders. “We are coordinating with the Pakistanis,” a military... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • intelligence • US military • surveillance • UAVs • drones • Predator • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • military offensive

 White House: 
 Cheney's the 
 Irresponsible One 

He helped get us into mess, Pelosi adds

Oct 23, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - What  Dick Cheney calls dithering, "President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday, rejecting Cheney's charge that the Obama adminstration is taking too long to decide its Afghanistan strategy. "... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • US military • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs

Kristen Breitweiser

 Cheney Is 
 a 'Maniacal' 
 Hypocrite 

He accuses Obama of endangering troops?

Oct 22, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on Afghanistan and endangering troops. How rich, writes Kristen Breitweiser. What actually endangers troops "is bad judgment—particularly when exercised by an overzealous, power-hungry, maniacal Vice President like you." Cheney seems to have forgotten that the Iraq war—a... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • US military • vice president • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • President Obama

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

More Troops in Afghanistan
= Angrier Insurgents

Doesn't US remember how our country began? Or how Vietnam ended?

Oct 22, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United States was born from a nationalist insurgency. “Given that history, you’d think we might be more sensitive to nationalism abroad,” writes Nicholas Kristof. “Yet the most systematic foreign-policy mistake we Americans have made in the post-World War II period has been to underestimate its... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • troop surge • US military • Pashtun • nationalism • insurgency • Nicholas Kristof

 Military Frustrated 
 by 'Slow' Obama 

Commanders irked by ongoing review of Afghanistan strategy

Oct 20, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ongoing review of Afghan strategy is frustrating military officers used to a different commander-in-chief's style, say past and present top brass. Some fear that the long deliberations over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops signal weakness and indecision to the enemy, while others fear the president is... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • US military • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

 Air Force Pulls Video After 
 Marines Complain 

Recruiting vid says airman 'in better shape'

Oct 16, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Air Force hastily pulled down its latest recruiting video yesterday in response to a complaint from a high-ranking Marine Corps official. In the video, an Air Force instructor boasts that his charges leave basic training “in better shape than most Marines.” Marines spotted it on the Air... More »

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military • Air Force • US military • recruiting • military training • military recruits • Marines • Marine Corps sergeant major

4 American Troops Killed
in Afghan Blast

Deaths bring US death toll to 25 for the month

Oct 16, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(AP) - Four American service members were killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan yesterday. Two were killed instantly in the blast and two others suffered fatal injuries in the same explosion. Details of the attack, including its location, haven't been released. The deaths bring to 25 the number of American troops... More »

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US Pilot Missing
After F-16s Collide

Coast Guard searches waters off South Carolina

Oct 16, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is searching off the coast of South Carolina for the pilot of an F-16 involved in a collision with another fighter jet last night during a training exercise. The other pilot involved managed to safely return to Shaw Air Force Base and is being examined by doctors.... More »

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Injured Vets Seeking Closure Return to Iraq

Operation Proper Exit reveals war's progress to wounded

Oct 15, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military has been aiding injured veterans to return to Iraq to help them find closure and assure them that their sacrifices were worth it. Operation Proper Exit—believed to be the first such program to facilitate vets' return to a battlefield while a war is still in progress—has... More »

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 Economy Sparks 
 Record Military 
 Recruitment 

Bleak employment, bonuses boost numbers to highest level since draft ended

Oct 14, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession has helped boost the US military to its best recruitment year since the post-Vietnam switch to an all-volunteer force. Recruiters hit or exceeded all their targets for the first time since 1973, surprising even Pentagon officials. In addition to rising unemployment, recruiting was helped by bonuses, a recruiting... More »

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UPDATED

 Pentagon Downplays 
 13K Surge in Afghan 
 Support Troops 

Extra thousands swell US numbers in Afghanistan

Oct 13, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - When does 21,000 equal 34,000? When the Pentagon is counting. The 21,000 additional troops President Obama approved for Afghanistan earlier this year have been accompanied by 13,000 extra support troops, bringing the total number in Afghanistan to nearly 68,000. Pentagon and White House officials have... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • troop surge • Robert Gates • US military • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

 Obama Looks to Lieberman 
 to Lead 'Don't Ask' Repeal 

Conn. independent has opposed policy on gays in military since '93

Oct 13, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - After President Obama's pledge this weekend to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the White House turned immediately to key senators on the Armed Services Committee—in particular Joe Lieberman. A House bill to repeal the policy has 177 sponsors, but the White House is eager for Senate legislation with bipartisan... More »

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gay rights • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • US military • Joe Lieberman • gays in the military • Senate Armed Services Committee • Obama administration

Pentagon Insiders:

 Obama Team Downplays
 Risks in Afghan Pullback

Al-Qaeda, Taliban much closer than public has been led to believe

Oct 12, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - US military and intelligence officials see dangerous misrepresentations in the Obama team’s flirting with a limited, anti-al-Qaeda strategy in Afghanistan. “The White House is downplaying the dangers of doing the only thing that they think Congress and the public will support,” an official tells McClatchy. But taking... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal • public opinion

Gay Rights Rally Draws Tens of Thousands to DC

Energized by Obama's vow on 'don't ask, don't tell,' activists demand equality

Oct 11, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(AP) - Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched from the White House to the Capitol today, demanding that President Obama keep his promises to end "don't ask, don't tell" and work to end discrimination against gays. Rainbow flags and homemade signs abounded as participants chanted "Hey, Obama, let mama... More »

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gay rights • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • US military • civil rights • Washington, DC • Obama administration • President Obama • National Equality March


 Liz Cheney 
 to Obama: 
 Nobel Is 
 a 'Farce' 

Ex-veep's kid wants prez to send military mom to pick up his prize

Oct 11, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Cheney, ever as shy, quiet, and retiring as dear old dad, thinks President Obama's Nobel Prize is a "farce," and wants him to "send a real signal" by sending the mother of a fallen soldier to Oslo to collect his Nobel—to underscore the importance of... More »

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Barack Obama • US military • Nobel Peace Prize • right wingers • Liz Cheney • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows

 Taliban Claim Victory 
 as US Quits Base 

Insurgents take control of remote outpost where 8 troops were killed last week

Oct 9, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban claimed to have won a major victory over the US yesterday as American troops abandoned a remote base in eastern Afghanistan where eight soldiers were killed in a firefight last weekend. "The white flag of the Taliban is raised above Kamdesh," crowed a Taliban spokesman. NATO ... More »

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Top Afghan Troop Request
Is 60K—Not 40K

Obama and team meet again today on strategy

Oct 9, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The troop requests on the table as President Obama meets with his security team again today are even higher than has been reported: The top option is 60,000, not 40,000, the Wall Street Journal reports, though Gen. McChrystal is backing the middle figure, 40,000. The third and... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

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