Category Archives: Afghanistan

Bush says some NATO allies let U.S. down in Afghanistan

By doris | Published: November 16, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Former President George W. Bush defended his administration’s handling of the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, telling CNN that some NATO allies who contributed troops to the conflict “turned out not to be willing to fight.” In an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley, Bush strongly refuted criticism that his [...]

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At last, hero of ongoing war is alive to receive Medal of Honor

By doris | Published: September 12, 2010

Full Story at At last CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Medals of Honor have been rare since the end of the Vietnam war. And not one of the recipients from the Somalia, Iraq or Afghanistan deployments have been alive to have the iconic blue ribbon with the gold star draped around his neck. Until now. The [...]

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7 Special Forces soldiers to get Silver Star for Afghan valor

By doris | Published: August 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Fort Bragg, North Carolina (CNN) — It’s been clear for months that the fighting in Afghanistan is more intense than it’s been since the war there started nearly nine years ago. Yet, from the midst of those increasingly violent firefights come some amazing stories of heroism. On Monday, seven soldiers will [...]

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House passes war funding bill

By doris | Published: July 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a nearly $59 billion emergency spending bill, the bulk of which would go toward the U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan. Specifically, the bill includes almost $33 billion for Afghanistan, along with over $5 billion for the Federal Emergency [...]

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Biden: Afghan withdrawal may start with ‘a couple of thousand troops’

By doris | Published: July 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — As few as “a couple of thousand” U.S. troops may leave Afghanistan in the first phase of withdrawing forces from there beginning a year from now, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday. “It could be as few as a couple of thousand troops; it could [...]

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Clinton aims to refine goals of Afghan war

By doris | Published: July 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started a South Asia tour on Sunday aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan and pushing neighboring nations to work together in the fight against al-Qaida and Taliban extremists. Clinton landed in Islamabad where she will underscore [...]

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Obama relieves McChrystal of command

By doris | Published: June 24, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sacked his loose-lipped Afghanistan commander Wednesday, a seismic shift for the U.S. military order in wartime, and chose the familiar, admired — and tightly disciplined — Gen. David Petraeus to replace him. Petraeus, architect of the Iraq war turnaround, was once again to take hands-on leadership [...]

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Obama Tells Cadets U.S. Will Win Afghan Fight

By doris | Published: May 23, 2010

Full Story at CBS News (AP) President Barack Obama on Saturday told graduating cadets who soon will head to war that their country needs allies standing with the U.S. in Afghanistan and around the world at a time when many countries are questioning their commitment to that fight and the costs of war. “The burdens [...]

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Biden, Cheney spar via talk shows

By doris | Published: February 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden and his predecessor Dick Cheney sparred Sunday over terrorism and the Iraq war, duking it out on the most prominent of platforms: the political TV talk show. In separate appearances on different programs, Cheney called the Obama administration “dead wrong” about al Qaeda and [...]

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Obama seeks $192 billion for wars

By doris | Published: February 2, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants $192 billion in war spending for the next year-and-a-half, a hefty sum aimed at escalating the war in Afghanistan despite its waning popularity. The request reflects Obama’s recent decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan to blunt a growing insurgency there.

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Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembler George W. Bush

By doris | Published: December 8, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) – A leading Republican strategist and one-time aide to former Vice President Cheney said Sunday that President Obama’s recently announced decision to send an additional 30, 000 troops to Afghanistan is “a reassertion of the Bush doctrine.” “The [Bush] doctrine is no safe havens [for terrorists intent on harming [...]

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White House OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan

By doris | Published: December 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The White House has authorized an expansion of the CIA’s program to attack suspected al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with missiles shot from pilotless planes, a U.S. official confirms. The covert effort is part of the Obama administration’s plan to increase the [...]

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