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Afghan rethink

 Top Obama Advisers 
 Push 30K Troop Increase 

President, war council, weigh Afghan troop options today

Nov 11, 09 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - As President Obama heads into a meeting with his national security team today, one of the four options on the table for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan has emerged as a favorite of his top advisers. Hillary Clinton, Mike Mullen, and Robert Gates all favor a plan to send about... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Robert Gates • Adm. Mike Mullen • US troops • Afghanistan war • President Obama

 Poll: Grouchy 
 Public Sticks 
 With Obama 

Glum nation pessimistic about economy, wars

Nov 11, 09 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - America's mood has crashed hard after the euphoria that greeted Barack Obama's inauguration: A recent poll shows the country in a pessimistic funk as the president struggles to revive the economy and fight two wars abroad. But Americans haven't lost all faith in Obama: His approval stands at 54%, no... More »

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US economy • approval ratings • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • opinion polls • polls • President Obama

CBS: Prez Will Grant McChrystal Troop Request

White House denies decision made

Nov 10, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has decided to grant Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for a large and long-term increase in US forces in Afghanistan, according to CBS and AP , which cite "informed sources." The president will give the general almost all the troops he has asked for, boosting the size of... More »

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

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Casey: 
 Send More 
 Troops to 
 Afghanistan  

Lieberman to probe Fort Hood shootings as 'attack' on US troops

Nov 8, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama would do well to give Stanley McChrystal more troops in Afghanistan, Army chief of staff George Casey said on Meet the Press today. "We have already made progress, and I would look for that progress to continue,” Casey said, without saying how many troops he thought... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Lieberman • health care reform • Gen. George Casey • Afghanistan war • Michael Steele • Sunday morning talk shows • Bob McDonnell • Fort Hood shooting

AFGHAN STRATEGY REVIEW

 Obama Eyes 30K+ Troop Surge 

Said to be close to decision as Asia trip looms

Nov 8, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is zeroing in on an Afghanistan strategy that likely includes sending in some 30,000 troops, reports Reuters —short of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's requested 40,000, but far greater than war-weary Democrats may support. An additional 4,000 trainers are likely to be sent, McClatchy reports, with... More »

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Afghanistan • troop surge • Hamid Karzai • US troops • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

opinion

 Honor Hero Cop: End 
 Ban on Women in Combat 

Time to wrap up the military's 'failed social experiment'

Nov 7, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Thursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood was just the latest example of how there really is no front line for US troops these days; Iraq and Afghanistan are entirely battlefields. So women are already, in effect, in combat, and anyone wanting still more proof that they can handle it... More »

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US military • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • President Obama • women in the military • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Kimberly Munley • women in combat

 2 American NATO Troops 
 Missing in Afghanistan 

Western region has seen a recent uptick in violence

Nov 6, 09 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Two NATO soldiers have been missing in Western Afghanistan since Wednesday after a routine supply mission went awry. “We continue exhaustive search and rescue operations to locate our missing service members,” a NATO spokesperson tells the BBC . “We are doing everything we can to find them.”... More »

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NATO • Taliban • Italy • missing soldiers • US military • Afghanistan war

fort hood shooting

  Blame 'Vicarious' PTSD 

Trauma is infectious, Essig writes, and therapists can catch it

Nov 6, 09 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - When Todd Essig learned the Fort Hood shooter “was an Army psychiatrist who treats post traumatic stress disorder, himself on the cusp of deployment, I thought, ‘I’m not surprised.’” Why? Because there is a documented transfer of trauma disorders from sufferers to caregivers, dubbed “... More »

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psychiatry • PTSD • mass shootings • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • trauma • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • Fort Hood • Nidal Malik Hasan

ANALYSIS

Army's Stress Most Obvious
at Fort Hood

Repeat deployments prompt record levels of suicide, depression

Nov 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Fort Hood has had more suicides than any other US Army facility since the start of the Iraq war, and while Nidal Hasan, the man officials say is responsible for yesterday's massacre, likely had unique motivations, he was perhaps only the most troubled member of a volunteer force buckling under... More »

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suicide • alcohol abuse • US Army • PTSD • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • American soldiers • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

  Afghan Governor 
 Rejects Karzai Election 


Dispute could spark fresh fighting in northern province

Nov 6, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A powerful warlord-turned-governor's rejection of Hamid Karzai's election victory is raising fears that one of Afghanistan's most stable provinces could collapse into fighting. Atta Mohammed Noor—the only one of Afghanistan's 34 governors to have openly supported Karzai's rival, Abdullah Abdullah—has denounced Karzai as an "unlawful president."... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Northern Alliance • Afghanistan war • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election • Atta Mohammed Noor

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Gunman Hasan a Lifelong Muslim, Devout Soldier

He counseled returning soldiers with PTSD

Nov 5, 09 11:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The details emerging about Nidal Hasan, who authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a US Army base, paint a picture of a man torn by contradictory loyalties. Hasan was a lifelong Muslim, an imam at his mosque said, but not an extremist. He had served 8... More »

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US Army • American Muslims • shooting rampage • psychiatrist • shooting • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • post-traumatic stress disorder • American soldiers • Fort Hood • Nidal Malik Hasan

 UN Evacuates Afghan Staff  

Hundreds pulled out after deadly Kabul attack

Nov 5, 09 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The United Nations is pulling more than half of its 1,100 international staff in Afghanistan out of the country as the security situation deteriorates. Some of the 600 staffers would return after new security arrangements were made, while others will be permanently relocated, said a spokesman. Much of the... More »

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 Obama Calls for 
 New Afghan Chapter

Karzai congratulated, told to clean up his government

Nov 3, 09 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama congratulated Hamid Karzai on his "messy" election victory yesterday while warning him that it was time to clean up corruption in his government. "I emphasized that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter," said Obama,... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Rush: Obama 
 Doesn't Care 
 About War in 
 Afghanistan 

Furthermore, prez is intentionally killing economy, says Limbaugh

Nov 1, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Ever-reticent talking head Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves today, telling Fox News Sunday that President Obama "doesn't care much about" the war in Afghanistan, and his recent salute of slain soldiers "was a photo op precisely because he’s having big time trouble on this Afghanistan dithering... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • John Boehner • David Plouffe • Sarah Palin • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy • Sunday morning talk shows • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

UK Colonel's Death Raises Fury at Home

He's killed by roadside bomb after warning about lack of choppers

Oct 31, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's newspapers are up in arms today over the revelation that a commander got killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan just weeks after warning his superiors they weren't doing enough to prevent such deaths. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe complained in an email that troops didn't have enough helicopters and... More »

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Afghanistan • IED • roadside bomb • British troops • Afghanistan war • helicopters • Rupert Thorneloe

Charles Krauthammer

Time to Act Presidential on Afghanistan

After 'yearlong drift,' Obama can't keep passing buck to Bush

Oct 30, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama loves to blame things on George W. Bush, and on Monday he did it again, referring to the “long years of drift in Afghanistan.” He must be trying to “explain away his own, well, yearlong drift on Afghanistan,” writes Charles Krauthammer . In March, Obama... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Barack Obama • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer • counterinsurgency

david brooks on afghan war

Obama Needs to Decide if He's in It to Win It

Hasn't proved he's truly committed to the fight

Oct 30, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - These White House strategy sessions on Afghanistan are all well and good and full of questions, writes David Brooks , but they sidestep the big one: Is he committed to the effort? We know President Obama is a smart guy. What we don't know is whether he has the "tenacity"... More »

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Afghanistan • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

Obama Looks for Local
Allies in Afghanistan

Administration's decided it can't wipe out Taliban

Oct 29, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has requested detailed, province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan’s local and tribal leaders, hoping to find more effective partners than the country’s weak and corrupt central government. The administration has concluded that no surge in troops will be able to eradicate the Taliban as a political force, but... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • Robert Gates • tribal leaders • Jim Jones • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

Obama Visits Dover
to Honor War Dead

Prez makes midnight trip to base as 18 bodies arrive

Oct 29, 09 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama made a surprise visit to Dover Air Force Base before dawn today to honor fallen American service members. The president arrived at the base shortly after a transport plane carrying 18 bodies landed. Obama and other officials boarded the plane and stood by as a chaplain prayed over... More »

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US military • Dover Air Force Base • Afghanistan war • President Obama • war dead

aryn baker

 Karzai's Brother 
 a Bad Investment for CIA 

Alleged drug runner undermines US effort

Oct 28, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one in Afghanistan will be shocked by the allegations that Ahmed Wali Karzai is a drug runner on the CIA payroll, writes Aryn Baker. The accusations are old news, and Aghans have always figured brother Hamid for a US stooge anyway. But it’s probably fairly shocking to Americans,... More »

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Afghanistan • CIA • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Afghanistan war • Ahmed Wali Karzai

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