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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 6, 2011
The Taliban claims that it shot down a military helicopter in eastern Afghanistan, killing members of the same unit that killed bin Laden.
The Taliban claims it downed a helicopter, killing members of the same unit that killed bin Laden.
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June 26, 2011
Eugene Robinson looks at Obama's latest speech, the Afghanistan War and its future.
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May 14, 2011
Latino sports journalists have made several efforts to organize, modeling themselves after the Sports Task Force of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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by Cynthia Gordy onMay 4, 2011
Congress's lone dissenting voter against the war in Afghanistan talks about the killing of bin Laden, and why she's a peace advocate but not a pacifist.
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November 9, 2010
An official in the office of Veterans Affairs today said that the VA is preparing for “leaner times.”
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by Cord Jefferson onAugust 31, 2010
You won't hear "Mission Accomplished" or see any swagger over the troop pullout. Iraq is still a dangerous place.
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by Greg Beals onAugust 8, 2010
The current policy doesn't work, and it alienates his Democratic base.
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August 2, 2010
After pledging to withdraw America's combat forces in Iraq by the end of August, this month is set to be one of Obama's most important thus far.
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July 22, 2010
This piece of legislation -- one in which our government takes a proactive approach to saving taxpayer dollars -- is one that, one would imagine, the fiscally responsible Tea Party movement is supporting en masse. Alas, after I contacted three national Tea Party organizations, none responded to my requests for comment.
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by Foreign Policy onJune 28, 2010
Two journalists from The Root's partner site ForeignPolicy.com risk their lives to travel into the war-torn city of Mogadishu. After years of warfare over ideology, money and power, will Kandahar, Afghanistan, begin to resemble the Somali capital?
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