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    May 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Injuries, arrests in clashes between protesters and police

    A standoff between police and anti-war demonstrators near the NATO summit at McCormick Place left several protesters bloodied and led to dozens of arrests, as delegates gathered for the first of two days of meetings.
    A standoff between police and anti-war demonstrators near the NATO summit at McCormick Place left several protesters bloodied and led to dozens of arrests, as delegates gathered for the first of two days of meetings. The confrontation, which flared up...

    Tags: Demonstration, Politics, Barack Obama, Injuries and Wounds, WikiLeaks

    2. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Fearing our friends in Afghanistan

    With the war in Afghanistan going badly, Western forces have been ordered to adopt new safeguards to keep themselves from being killed. That's no surprise. The surprise is where the danger comes from: not the Taliban or al-Qaida, but our own allies....

    Tags: Los Angeles Times, Armed Conflicts, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

    3. May 3, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. ANALYSIS: Obama as a war candidate

    <span class="s1">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; As slogans go, President Barack Obama&rsquo;s promise of the &ldquo;light of a new day&rdquo; in Afghanistan isn&rsquo;t nearly as catchy as the &ldquo;Mission Accomplished&rdquo; banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President George W. Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq in 2003.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As slogans go, President Barack Obama’s promise of the “light of a new day” in Afghanistan isn’t nearly as catchy as the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln the day President...

    Tags: Joe Biden, Armed Conflicts, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Politics, Afghanistan

    4. May 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. New French president visits Afghanistan

    World Now
    French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, days after a NATO summit at which he discomfited allies by insisting that France would pull out its combat troops by the end of the year....
    5. May 21, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. President Obama shows signs of frustration with Pakistan

    World Now
    A growing diplomatic dispute over Pakistan's refusal to reopen supply routes for U.S. and other troops in Afghanistan threatened to overshadow President Obama’s efforts on the final day of the NATO summit to finalize plans for ending the unpopular...
    6. Mar 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Afghan killings point to the limits of an all-volunteer army

    The American soldier accused of massacring 17 people in a solo rampage on a remote southern Afghanistan village faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Whisked out of the country by the Army, he is now being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
    The American soldier accused of massacring 17 people in a solo rampage on a remote southern Afghanistan village faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Whisked out of the country by the Army, he is now being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan....

    Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. Army, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan

    7. Apr 16, 2012 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  7. Subway Terror Bomber Tried In Court

    A former New York City cab driver who pleaded "guilty" in a terror plot to bomb subways took the stand Monday against his friend from Flushing High School as a federal trial starts in the conspiracy case involving 28-year-old Adis Medunjanin.
    pix11.com | @wpix
    A former New York City cab driver who pleaded "guilty" in a terror plot to bomb subways took the stand Monday against his friend from Flushing High School as a federal trial starts in the conspiracy case involving 28-year-old Adis Medunjanin....

    Tags: Grand Central Terminal, Illinois, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Queens (New York City)

    8. Apr 20, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  8. Taliban claim responsibility for downing helicopter in Afghanistan

    The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for downing a Black Hawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan. "Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its passengers in Khanashen Dewalak area near Garmsir, southern...

    Tags: Time Warner Inc., Armed Forces, Kabul (Afghanistan), News Agency, Afghanistan

    9. Apr 19, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  9. Name an area you believe government is wasting money. Why?

    By ZAK SLAYBACK Somerset Thomas Jefferson, the greatest intellectual that the United States has produced, wrote in the Declaration of Independence that governments are "instituted among men" to preserve the rights to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Finance, Health, Immigration

    10. Apr 22, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. 10 things you might not know about the Afghan war

    Will the final chapters of the Afghan war be written in Chicago? It's possible. At next month's NATO summit here, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and global leaders will discuss an exit strategy for foreign troops fighting the Taliban, a task no doubt complicated by the news last week that U.S. soldiers posed for photos with dead insurgents. The war, which began after the Sept. 11 attacks, will soon become the longest in U.S. history. Here are 10 facts onAfghanistan's war:
    Will the final chapters of the Afghan war be written in Chicago? It's possible. At next month's NATO summit here, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and global leaders will discuss an exit strategy for foreign troops fighting the Taliban, a task no doubt...

    Tags: Luxembourg, Armed Conflicts, Viagra (drug), Politics, U.S. Army

    11. Mar 13, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Popping the bubble on Afghanistan

    Change of Subject
    Like many of you, I live in a protective bubble when it comes to war. My children aren’t fighting overseas — my older son is 22, but he’s headed off to graduate school in the fall, not basic training —......
    12. Mar 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Afghan war effort 'on track,' general tells Congress

    World Now
    The American war effort in Afghanistan is making progress despite recent setbacks, the top U.S. commander there told Congress on Tuesday....
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