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Did the Pentagon Help Suppress the Arab Spring?

As the Arab Spring blossomed, the Pentagon was busy forging ever deeper ties with some of the most repressive regimes in the region.

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| Tue Dec. 13, 2011 11:39 AM PST

Our Remote Wars Are Hitting Home

America's wars may be fought in distant countries, but they've weakened our military, drained our treasury, and eroded our freedoms.

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| Thu Dec. 8, 2011 1:01 PM PST

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.

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| 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