Iraq

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Spock and Awe: How 4 Lucky Post-9/11 War Vets Landed Roles in "Star Trek Into Darkness"

Director J.J. Abrams has taken a strong interest in a nonprofit that helps soldiers readjust to civilian life.

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| Thu May. 16, 2013 4:05 PM PDT
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Dick Cheney, Benghazi, and White House Lies

The former veep knows all about misleading the public.

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| Wed May. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Contractors Raked in $385 Billion on Overseas Bases in 12 Years

Every year, US taxpayers send billions of dollars abroad to build and maintain our military presence.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 11:26 AM PDT
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8 Things You Won't See at the George W. Bush Presidential Library

When Dubya's library opens its doors, don't look for torture tapes, WMD, or Will Ferrell.

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| Thu Apr. 25, 2013 3:02 AM PDT

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America Is Filling Empty Battlefields

A new book tells the secret history of twenty-first century American war.

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| Tue Apr. 23, 2013 10:04 AM PDT
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It Doesn't Take Much to Get PTSD

An analyst spends 3 weeks in Iraq, barely leaves the base, and is haunted for months.

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| Tue Apr. 16, 2013 12:02 PM PDT
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American Anniversaries from Hell

Anniversaries to not be proud of, from "mission accomplished" to the My Lai massacre.

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 10:16 AM PDT

Living with No Future in Today's Iraq

Ten years after the US invasion, what does the future hold for Iraqi citizens?

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 1:21 PM PDT
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And the Most Outrageous Neocon Iraq War Anniversary Remark Is...

From—no surprise—Richard Perle.

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| Wed Mar. 20, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
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McCain's Lesson From Iraq: Surge Hard, But Don't Lie America Into War So Much

An an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, the senator from Arizona dinged the Bush administration and talked a lot about surging.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 4:09 PM PDT

Corn on "Hardball": Iraq, 10 Years Later

Our $6 billion dollar mistake.

Tue Mar. 19, 2013 3:29 PM PDT
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Charts: Bush Lowballed Us on Iraq by $6 Trillion

…and counting.

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Iraq 10 Years Later: The Deadly Consequences of Spin

Those who questioned the case for war have won the fight over history. But that won’t bring back the tens of thousands of lives lost.

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| Mon Mar. 18, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

PHOTOS: Out of Saddam's Shadow

Ten years after the US-led invasion, Iraqi Kurdistan is thriving.

By Donald Weber/VII/Magnum Foundation/Text by Hannah Levintova

 | Fri Mar. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Happy 10th Anniversary, Iraq War

Why the invasion of Iraq was the worst foreign policy decision in American history.

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 4:00 AM PST

The Hidden History of Waterboarding

Americans used the technique for decades. Only recently did we stop calling it torture.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 12:07 PM PST

"Hubris": New Documentary Reexamines the Iraq War "Hoax"

An MSNBC film, hosted by Rachel Maddow and based on Michael Isikoff and David Corn's book, finds new evidence that Bush scammed the nation into war.

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| Sat Feb. 16, 2013 6:00 AM PST

Don't Expect Anyone to Ask Chuck Hagel About an Orphanage Massacre During Vietnam

The confirmation hearings won't seriously address the dark legacy of the war.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 12:01 PM PST

On Hagel Day, We Recall His Half-Courageous Stand on the Iraq War

And half a courageous stand is better than none.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 7:47 AM PST

Charts: Suicide, PTSD and the Psychological Toll on America's Vets

14 staggering stats about the invisible wounds of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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| Thu Jan. 17, 2013 4:00 AM PST