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Troops celebrate what could be last Thanksgiving in Iraq
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
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Class Marion Rogers, an Army cook, proudly served his third Thanksgiving Day meal to troops in Iraq on Thursday...As the U.S. military prepares to dramatically scale down its presence in Iraq beginning next spring, with a goal of leaving completely by...
Tags: Iraq, Barack Obama, Marion Rogers, Afghanistan, Kabul, Thanksgiving, Politics, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, Stanley A. McChrystal, Hospitality Recreation, Abscam, New Zealand cuisine, Pumpkin pie, Karl Eikenberry, British cuisine, Maurice Hinchey, Meals, United States House Committee on Appropriations, American cuisine, Canadian cuisine, Pie, John Murtha, Australian cuisine, Camp Taji
The 9th and last war council: We Hope!
Those in attendance included: Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Bill Gates, Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg,...
Tags: President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Bill Gates, Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, Admiral Michael Mullen, General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command, General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, General James Jones, National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor, John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 9th and final war council, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Manmohan Singh, Richard Holbrooke, Michael Mullen, Also Admiral Michael Mullen, David, Stanley McChrystal, James L. Jones, James E. Cartwright, Douglas Lute, George W. Bush, David Petraeus, James Jones, Karl Eikenberry, Peter Orzak, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, James Joiner, Joe Biden, Vice Presidents of the United States, Barack Obama, Cheney, United Methodists, India&rsquo, Presidency of Barack Obama, Bush, Politics, Pakistan, Obama, U.S, Obama&rsquo, Susan Rice, war council, James Steinberg, allnews, Michele Flournoy, Washington, Biden, Bill Gates, Clinton
President Obama to announce Afghanistan surge next week
President Obama will next week announce a surge of at least 25,000 new US troops to Afghanistan in a speech to the nation, according to US officials today. Mr Obama will make the announcement in an address on Tuesday, December 1, after weeks...
Tags: War Conflict, Afghanistan, Obama, president obama, Stanley McChrystal, allnews, Washington, Robert Gibbs, Karl Eikenberry, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, War in Afghanistan, Luo people, Stanley A. McChrystal, Punahou School alumni, Mr Obama&rsquo, Politics
US 'to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 days ago
Credibility Barack Obama is expected to send 34,000 more US troops to Afghanistan when he unveils his long-awaited strategy for the Afghan conflict next Tuesday, US media reports said today. The Politico website said the US president would make a prime time address...
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Pakistan gives Obama the excuse he needed to keep smaller footprint!
They do not want a large increase in troops and I have to agree with their reasoning. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the United States must fully share its plans for Afghanistan with Pakistan so that it can...
Tags: Pakistan, Peshawar, North Waziristan, Afghanistan, US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, Hamid Karzai, corruption, troop withdrawal, Afghanistan’s graveyard of Nations, Max Cleland, Joe Biden, Karzai&, allnews, Islamabad, Hamid Raza Gilani, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, Saigon, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Eikenberry, Afghanistan Pakistan
Gates cites corruption as Afghan obstacle
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 11 days ago
Credibility Tackling lingering issues over corruption in the Afghan government will not happen overnight, said U.S...Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for his second term Thursday in Kabul. His inauguration comes as world leaders measure their commitment...
Tags: Afghanistan, Robert Gates, U.S, Iraq, Barack Obama, defense secretary, gates told, Pentagon, Hamid Karzai, Karzai Made, Kabul, Afghan presidential election, Pashtun people, War in Afghanistan, Politics of Afghanistan, Politics, Elections in Afghanistan, Karzai, Military of Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, Opposition to the War in Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Stress, Abnormal psychology, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Suicide, Anxiety disorders, Military medicine, Military psychiatry, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Security tight in Afghan for Karzai inauguration
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 14 days ago
Credibility Afghanistan authorities and international forces are securing the capital Kabul against Taliban attacks expected to coincide with the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, scheduled for Thursday. AFP. "There will be no air movements in or out, except...
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High Costs Weigh on Troop Debate for Afghan War
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 17 days ago
Credibility While President Obama ’s decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, it also has substantial budget implications that are adding pressure to limit the commitment, senior administration officials say. The latest internal...
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Afghanistan Ambassador warns Obama against adding troops. It is about time as Obama asks for new options!
We all know this but we keep hearing there is no military solution in Afghanistan any victory will require a Political solution. I do not like General McChrystal’s clandestine military past but I do respect him. However...
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US envoy to Kabul urges against new troops:
The US envoy to Afghanistan has written memos to Washington expressing deep concern over possible deployment of thousands of new troops to the country, US media said Wednesday, citing senior US officials.Ambassador Karl Eikenberry's classified...
Tags: Stanley McChrystal, Karl Eikenberry, The Washington Post, allnews, Pakistan, Lahore, Hamid Karzai, Robert Gates, Afghan presidential election, Stanley A. McChrystal, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, War Conflict, Kabul, Politics
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