Woodward Book Explores Obama Afghanistan Exit Strategy
On September 22, Voice of America and other media outlets cited material from Obama's Wars — a new book by Washington, D.C.-based journalist...
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First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam
The White House has announced that a 25-year-old soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue two comrades during a 2007 military operation in...
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Iraq Runs Surplus, but Obama Wants to Send More Money
Suppose you’re the President of the United States at a time when your country is facing a $1.3 trillion annual budget deficit and...
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Obama’s China Trade Solution: Give Them Our Hi-Tech
The China Daily US Edition reported on September 7 that "China will 'vigorously' expand its imports of key products as the nation strives...
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Appeals Court Bars Suits on Government Torture
The September 8 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, often described as the most "liberal"...
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U.S. Bankrolling of Afghan Security Forces
President Barack Obama set a date of July 2011 to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. This does not, however, mean that the...
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Combat in Iraq Continues as Plans for Long-term U.S. Presence Are Laid
On August 31 President Barack Obama announced that “the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.” ...
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News Contradictions: Americans Must Pursue Truth
Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was once quoted as saying, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the...
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Iraq to Buy 13B in U.S. Military Equipment
USA Today reported on September 2 that Iraq is preparing to buy as much as $13 billion in U.S. arms and military equipment....
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Obama Claims End to “Combat Operations” in Iraq
President Barack Obama claimed August 31 in an Oval Office address to the nation that “tonight, I am announcing that the American combat...
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(Supposed) End of U.S. Combat Role in Iraq
Speaking in a television address broadcast nationally just hours before the formal end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq on August 31, Iraqi...
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Boondoggles in Baghdad, Basra, and Beyond
Your tax dollars at work, as reported by the Associated Press: “As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, it is leaving behind hundreds...
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Trilateral Commission Keeps Expanding
Launched in 1973, the Trilateral Commission (TC) listed an initial roster of 187 members, all of whom hailed from three areas: Western Europe,...
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American Held by North Korea Returns Home
Aijalon Mahli Gomes — a U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea last January, and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with...
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Peace Activists Attempt to Stop Iraq Deployment at Ft. Hood
According to the Daily Paul website, early Monday morning, August 23, five anti-war protesters wearing black shirts that read “Disobey,” attempted to block...
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