WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday
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President praises their service to country. By Gil Kaufman President Barack Obama speaks in Fort Hood, Texas on Tuesday Photo: Joe Raedle/ Getty Images On Tuesday, President Obama paid solemn tribute to the 13 service members who were killed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, in a moving ceremony rich
WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports that suggest U.S.
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40000 more troops? maybe possibly yes or no?
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UPDATE: AP 12:46 pm Eastern FORT HOOD, Texas – The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader said Saturday. But during their second conversation, Hasan seemed almost incoherent, Danquah said. “But what if a person gets in and feels that it's just not right?” Danquah recalled Hasan asking him.
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UPDATE : Ft. Hood Suspect seemed incoherant when asking for advice about fighting other Muslim’s.
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http://rawstory.com/2009/11/ambassador-cia-people-tortured/ The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country. Craig Murray, the rector of the University of Dundee in Scotland and until 2004 the UK's ambassador to Uzbekistan, said the CIA not only relied on confessions gleaned through extreme torture, it sent terror war suspects to Uzbekistan as part of its extraordinary rendition program.
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Commission: ‘We still don’t know’ how many contractors US employs in Iraq, Afghanistan
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Last night’s game was ugly, but still provided plenty of star power at the opener of the World Series. No, we’re not talking about A-Rod and Kate Hudson .
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Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Attend World Series
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Four American soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided mid-air in southern Afghanistan, Nato-led forces said in a statement. added by: knews121 0 comments
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Insurgents in Afghanistan are using heroin as a tactical weapon against US forces, hoping to emulate the drug problems that plagued US troops in Vietnam and Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s, says a new investigative report.
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