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Pearl Harbor Day: Infamy and war
The Swampby Mark Silva This is "a date which will live in infamy,'' as President Franklin Roosevelt told the Congress the day after Japan unleashed a devastating surprise attack on American naval and air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec.......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Government, Japan, New York
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"Runaway" McChrystal at odds with WH
The Swampby Julian Barnes In a new magazine profile, the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, and his advisers appear to ridicule Vice President Joe Biden and are portrayed as dismissive of civilian oversight of the war. The article,......Tags: Pakistan, Social Issues, Newspaper and Magazine, Barack Obama, Politics
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McChrystal summoned to White House
The Swampby Julian Barnes and Peter Nicholas President Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, to the White House to explain a series of comments in a magazine article in which the general and his advisors......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry
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Petraeus to call for 'responsible' drawdown
The Swampby David Cloud The July 2011 deadline for beginning U.S troops withdrawals from Afghanistan "is the beginning of a process, not the date when the U.S. heads for the exits," Gen. David H. Petraeus said in remarks to be delivered......Tags: Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Politics, David Petraeus, Shirley K Richard
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Top general sees progress in Afghanistan where 10,000 Marines from Camp Pendleton are deployed
L.A. NOWMarine Maj. Gen. Richard Mills expressed cautious optimism Thursday that U.S forces are winning the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where 10,000 Marines from Camp Pendleton are deployed. In a teleconference with reporters... -
Obama in Afghanistan: 'Progress made'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who made a surprise landing in Afghanistan today, delivered a message to the Afghan leader about the unfinished business of building a stronger government and battling corruption, and a message of thanks to the......Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Military, Politics, Government, Wars and Interventions
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What Obama told U.S. troops in Afghanistan
Top of the TicketText and video of Democrat's 20-minute remarks to soldiers at Bagram Airfield....
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