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Counting the Dead on Both Sides of Our War

Soldiers and civilians are still dying in a war opposed by 63 percent of Americans.

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| Thu Dec. 1, 2011 12:34 PM PST
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The Senate's Detainee Disaster

How the pending defense bill could impede a US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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| Tue Nov. 22, 2011 4:00 AM PST
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Scenes from the GOP's "Commander in Chief" Debate

Michele Bachmann's CIA-ACLU whopper, and other CliffsNotes from Saturday's CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate.

—By the Mother Jones news team

 | Sun Nov. 13, 2011 10:11 AM PST
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Jon Huntsman Quotes Barack Obama On Foreign Policy

During Saturday's CBS/National Journal debate, 2012 GOP candidate Jon Huntsman answered a question about Afghanistan...in Barack Obama's words.

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| Sat Nov. 12, 2011 7:29 PM PST

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Military Panel Finds Leader of Rogue US "Kill Team" Guilty

As the jury considered a verdict in the high-profile war crime trial, Calvin Gibbs' lawyer turned to...the O. J. Simpson defense?

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| Thu Nov. 10, 2011 4:20 PM PST

So Long, American Imperial Dream

Our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't turned out the way the Bush administration expected. Is it time to admit defeat?

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 12:52 PM PST
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UN: Rampant Torture in Afghan Prisons

The US wants out of Afghanistan ASAP—will it leave a host of professional torturers in its wake?

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| Mon Oct. 10, 2011 1:02 PM PDT

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman: Release Awlaki Memo

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| Tue Oct. 4, 2011 3:10 PM PDT

How US Taxpayers Got Plucked in Iraq

The tale of a failed $2.5 million chicken processing plant, just one example of US reconstruction madness in the Middle East.

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| Tue Oct. 4, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

America and Oil: Declining Together?

Oil is a sinking ship, and the US is going down with it.

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| Fri Sep. 16, 2011 3:06 PM PDT

New Yorker: US May Have Benefited From Pakistani Journalist's Murder

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| Mon Sep. 12, 2011 8:15 AM PDT

Should America Cancel 9/11 Anniversary Ceremonies?

It's been used as an excuse for two wars, runaway military spending, and the stripping down of our civil liberties. Isn't it time to honor 9/11 victims with peace?

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| Thu Sep. 8, 2011 1:37 PM PDT

Obama: (Still) Killing Terrorists the Bush Way

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| Fri Sep. 2, 2011 9:10 AM PDT

One-Third of Wartime Contracting Funds Wasted

If not more....

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| Wed Aug. 31, 2011 7:28 AM PDT

Iran Sentences MoJo Contributor to 8 Years in Prison

What's behind the unexpectedly harsh sentence in the hikers' case?

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| Sat Aug. 20, 2011 5:39 PM PDT

The Pentagon Since 9/11: By the Numbers

$869 billion for Iraq, $487 billion for Afghanistan, and everything else your almost $8 trillion in military spending bought you in the last decade.

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| Tue Aug. 16, 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Forget the Debt Ceiling. Lower America's War Ceiling.

Everyone's been talking about the debt ceiling. Maybe we should focus on the $526 billion Pentagon budget instead.

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| Tue Aug. 2, 2011 4:01 PM PDT

Obama May Be in Office, but It's Still a Bush World

The Patriot Act? Secret CIA drone strikes? Guantanamo Bay? We've still got 'em all, but this time, no one's paying attention.

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| Tue Jul. 12, 2011 1:33 PM PDT

Ahmed Wali Karzai: The Devil We Knew

What the assassination of Afghanistan's most notorious power broker means for the war.

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| Tue Jul. 12, 2011 5:45 AM PDT

A Medal for Bradley Manning?

Four reasons why Pfc. Bradley Manning deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, not a prison cell.

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| Thu Jul. 7, 2011 11:54 AM PDT