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White House Mulls Grim Picture of 'Deteriorating Stalemate' in Afghanistan
By David Wood
The assessments now pouring into the White House from Afghanistan run the gamut from discouraging to awful, as the Obama administration finishes up its long-awaited December review of the war strategy the president announced a year ago. In many ways, the cold facts charting the grim course of the ...
The Ghailani Verdict: A Giving Tree in the Terror Law Debate
By Andrew Cohen
Wednesday's surprising Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani verdict -- 285 acquittals and one big conviction by a federal jury in New York -- is its own little Giving Tree. It will give succor in the weeks and months ahead to people across the legal and political spectrum who have been arguing now for nine years ...
Do Voters Keep Democrats on a Short Leash? Parsing History and the Midterms
By Jill Lawrence
Two presidents, two traumatic crises, two half-terms judged by what didn't happen instead of what did. The two presidents are George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who respectively prevented further terrorist attacks on American soil and a repeat of the Great Depression. And that's where the ...
With Dim Prospects for Negotiations, Afghan War Likely to Drag On
By David Wood
In Afghanistan, the Taliban insurgents are tiring after nine years of war and taking heavy casualties; at home, President Obama faces rising political pressure to withdraw the troops and scale back the unpopular U.S. commitment, now costing over $5 billion and over 60 American battle dead a month. ...
Would You Burn the Koran? Or Just Hit the 'Delete' Key? History's View
By David Gibson
If Terry Jones won't burn the Koran, would you? Admittedly, it's hard to figure out what Jones, the mercurial leader of a small, cult-like Florida church, will do next. First he was committed to burning Korans on 9/11 to show Muslims what he thinks of them and their holy book. Then, after a global ...
Koran-Burning Threat Still Up in the Air; Imam Says He's Open to Meeting
By David Gibson
Prospects for a negotiated end to the threatened 9/11 Koran-burning by a small Florida church appear to be ebbing and flowing by the hour. On Friday afternoon, Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Muslim leader behind a controversial Islamic center proposed near ground zero, said that contrary to claims by ...
Pentagon May Buy Up Copies of Afghan War Book Over Disclosure Fears
By Tom Diemer
Don't burn 'em, buy 'em. The Defense Department wants to purchase the entire first printing of a book by a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who describes a number of planned secret operations in the Afghanistan war. Ten thousand copies of the book "Operation Dark Heart," by an Army ...
Pastor Terry Jones Changes His Mind, Says Koran-Burning May Still Happen
By David Gibson
Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who announced Thursday he was canceling plans to burn 200 copies of the Koran in a protest against Islam, back-pedaled on Thursday night and said he was just putting his plans "on hold" for the time being. On NBC's "Today" show Friday he restated that the matter is up in ...
Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck to Commemorate 9/11 With 'Patriots' at Alaska Event
By Tom Diemer
Sarah Palin and Fox News personality Glenn Beck will commemorate the ninth anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on America with "patriots" at an event far-removed from Ground Zero or their joint appearance in Washington last month. The two are reuniting in Anchorage, Alaska -- Palin's home state. ...
Sarah Palin to Obama: Be Honest in Address To Nation
By Suzi Parker
Sarah Palin had some suggestions for President Barack Obama before he spoke to the nation Tuesday night about Iraq. In a Facebook post late Tuesday afternoon titled "Humility and Honesty About Iraq Can Inspire Trust," Palin said she wanted Obama to show "grace, humility and some honesty before the ...
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