Iraq

Leaving Iraq

How do we do it?

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| Mon Jul. 26, 2010 9:49 AM PDT

Wars Don't Make Heroes

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| Thu Jul. 22, 2010 1:04 PM PDT

"Our American Heroes"

Why it’s wrong to equate military service with heroism.

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| Thu Jul. 22, 2010 12:34 PM PDT

How Contractors are Like Crack: Part 2 of WaPo's National Security Blockbuster

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| Tue Jul. 20, 2010 4:46 AM PDT

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This Week in National Insecurity

Green bullets, blue female vets, and terrorist monkeys: a roundup of the latest, best and most interesting defense stories.

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| Tue Jul. 13, 2010 12:58 PM PDT

The Petraeus Syndrome

As the new commander takes over in Afghanistan, could success be worse than failure?

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| Mon Jul. 12, 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Lady Gaga, National Security Threat?

The best cover for smuggling confidential war cables? A sneakily labeled pop CD.

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| Fri Jul. 9, 2010 6:40 AM PDT

Was Petraeus' Replacement Planned?

CENTCOM gets a gruff, new commander. But was this move, along with McChrystal's and Petraeus', part of a bigger plot?

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| Thu Jul. 8, 2010 1:26 PM PDT

Operation Enduring War

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| Thu Jul. 8, 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Hope and Change Fade, but War Endures

Seven reasons why we can’t stop making war.

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| Thu Jul. 8, 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Stage-Managing the War on Terror

Ensnaring terrorists demands creativity.

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| Tue Jul. 6, 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Wash Post Shilling for the Pentagon?

Robert Gates stays up nights worrying about threats to America? Cry me a river.

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| Fri Jul. 2, 2010 2:46 PM PDT

Meet Kagan's Astroturf Military Attackers

GOP senators are enlisting three veterans to paint Kagan as "an anti-military zealot."

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| Wed Jun. 30, 2010 3:22 AM PDT

Who'll Be Petraeus' Boss? [Photos]

Barbers, brawlers, book critics, and gourmands: Meet the junior generals who might move into the celebrity soldier's old office.

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| Tue Jun. 29, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Dispatches From the Rambo Republic

Tom Engelhardt tackles our military fetish in The American Way of War.

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| Fri Jun. 25, 2010 5:07 PM PDT

America Detached from War

Bush’s pilotless dream, smoking drones, and other strange tales from the crypt.

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| Thu Jun. 24, 2010 1:34 PM PDT

Petraeus and the Myth of the Surge

Did the new commander of US forces in Afghanistan really win the war in Iraq?

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| Wed Jun. 23, 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Iran Cleric: Dogs Are Un-Islamic

The Islamic Republic's moral police may crack down on pet owners. Are they taking a page from their Iraqi neighbors' playbook?

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| Mon Jun. 21, 2010 10:36 AM PDT

The Dogs (and Cats) of War

In Iraq, can compassion for animals coexist with military strategy?

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| Fri Jun. 18, 2010 1:52 AM PDT

Iraq's Slumdog Massacre: One Million Dogs Face Death

KBR kills mutts at Camp Slayer. The government hunts them in the streets. Why Baghdad is no place for a pooch.

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| Fri Jun. 18, 2010 1:44 AM PDT