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Congress takes on MoveOn
'General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" Get it? See, it's funny because it rhymes. Good one, huh? Well, not really. MoveOn.org's juvenile attack on Gen. David H. Petraeus in a full-page ad in the New York Times on Sept. 10 might have merited a trip to...Tags: Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Activism
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Don't tell the Spartans
So, we went and invaded the wrong country and things are not going well there, and so our president has ordered in another 4700 troops on top of the 21,500 troop increase he ordered in January. But they're only going there in a supporting role, so the...Tags: Television, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Movies, George W. Bush
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What we've lost
America's "war on terror," which enters its sixth year today, now seems destined to redefine our nation for a generation or more to come. The war goes on in Afghanistan, which has endured more than 100 suicide bombings this year, including a horrific...Tags: National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), George W. Bush, Armed Forces
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New president, new battlefield
In his presidential campaign, Barack Obama sometimes made foreign policy sound like a simple matter of changing the tone, turning the page -- and moving 10,000 troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.
"Rather than fight a war that does not need to be fought,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton
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House Democrats renew antiwar push
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNearly two months after Democrats suspended their legislative push to force a withdrawal from Iraq, House Democratic leaders restarted their campaign Wednesday with a measure to compel President Bush to bring troops home. But with Republican resistance...Tags: National Security, Mike Pence, George W. Bush, Iraq, Social Sciences
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U.S. shifts Sunni strategy in Iraq
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEager to cement the security gains of last year's troop buildup, the U.S. military has shifted its strategy from the streets to the corridors of power in a high-stakes effort to persuade Iraq's wary Shiite leaders to put thousands of predominantly Sunni...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), Civil Unrest, Iraq
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Accommodating reality in Iraq
There are two schools of thought in Washington about how to make peace in Iraq: the Bush administration's, and almost everyone else's. With the war in its fifth year and the troop-surge strategy for the moment producing more U.S. casualties than progress,...Tags: National Security, Armed Conflicts, Condoleezza Rice, Philosophy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. hits targets near Baghdad
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersU.S. warplanes hammered suspected Sunni militant hide-outs on the southern outskirts of Baghdad on Thursday as part of a wide-ranging military assault on Al Qaeda in Iraq around the country. American aircraft dropped 49,000 pounds of bombs on the lush...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Baghdad (Iraq), Robert Gates
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Bushs legacy: vindication or villainy?
Today, York and Lomonaco debate the president's legacy. Previously, they evaluated calls for removing Bush from office, assessed Bush's relationship with Congress and discussed his remaining agenda. A president who fought back By Byron York Jeff,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, Civil Unrest, George W. Bush
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The Islamist tide in Iraq
Today, former White House policy aide Rivkin and Katulis, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, debate the apparent decline of Sunni Islamist groups in Iraq. Previously, they discussed troop withdrawal and the large drop in civilian and...Tags: Osama bin Laden, National Security, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of Justice, Religious Conflicts
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Bush's parting shots at Syria
Just a little more than a week before the presidential election, the United States on Sunday began a dramatic escalation of the conflicts in the Middle East, launching what is believed to be the first attack on Syrian soil by U.S. troops. Although both...Tags: National Security, Condoleezza Rice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Heads of State, George W. Bush
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Kurdish rebels offer Turkey a truce
Special to The TimesKurdish separatists said Monday that they would stop their cross-border attacks on Turkish forces if the Ankara government dropped its threats to launch an offensive on their remote mountain enclaves in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey, stung by a weekend raid by...Tags: Television, National Security, Mountains, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Contracts
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