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Today’s must-reads:
- US Increasing Troop Strength in Afghanistan (LAT)
- Afghanistan’s President Forged Votes, Opponents Say (NYT)
- Misbehaving US Embassy Guards in Kabul: Animal House In Afghanistan (MoJo)/State Department Responds to Allegations (MoJo)
- The Torture Docs the CIA is Still Withholding (FDL)
- Anderson Cooper Headed to Afghanistan (MediaBistro)
- Va. Gubernatorial Candidate’s Crazy Thesis (MoJo)
- The Rationales for Passing Health Care Through the Reconciliation Process (WaPo/Ezra Klein)
- Maria Bartiromo Asks 44 y/o Congressman “If Medicare’s So Good, Why Aren’t You On It?!” (TPM)
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