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Reports: We ‘Support’ the Troops by Burdening Them More

A/V Booth: Obama Makes It Official: 30,000 More U.S. Troops to Head to Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: The Audacity of Obama’s Hopeful Exit Strategy

Ear to the Ground: Michael Moore to Obama: ‘Say It Isn’t So’

Ear to the Ground: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Ear to the Ground: Report: Obama to Expand Afghan War by 50 Percent

Ear to the Ground: Obama Hints at ‘Comprehensive’ Afghanistan Plan

Reports: The Demilitarization of the White House

Reports: Bring Them Home, Mr. President

Cartoons: In a Hole

Ear to the Ground: Europe Balks at Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: U.N. Calls for Reinforcements in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Obama Meets With NATO Chief on Afghan Strategy

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Puts a Hold on Troop Increase Request

Ear to the Ground: White House: No News (Yet) on Afghanistan Strategy

Ear to the Ground: Top Admiral Says U.S. May Need More Troops in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Sees Little Support for Troop Deployments

Ear to the Ground: Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough

Ear to the Ground: Psst! We May Never Leave

Ear to the Ground: Army to Add 22,000 Soldiers

Cartoons: The Long Goodbye

Ear to the Ground: We’ll Always Have Baghdad

Cartoons: Arlington

Ear to the Ground: One If by Land, Two If by Flee

A/V Booth: Obama Pitches Afghanistan Plan at NATO Huddle

A/V Booth: ‘How Did This Country Get Stuck With an Empire?’

Ear to the Ground: Obama to Send Even More Troops to Afghanistan

A/V Booth: Obama Takes Cheney to School

Ear to the Ground: Israeli Soldiers Tell of Their Army’s Crimes in Gaza

Ear to the Ground: Top U.S. General in Iraq Says U.S. Won’t Be Invited to Stick Around

Ear to the Ground: Obama’s Troop Shuffle Leaves Us Dizzy

Ear to the Ground: Mexico Militarizes Border Town

Reports: Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

A/V Booth: Iraq Withdrawal Lite

Cartoons: The Pencil

A/V Booth: Obama Says He’ll Bring Many Troops Home for Next Super Bowl

Ear to the Ground: Army Suicide Rate Highest in Decades

Reports: Who’s in Charge—Obama, the Pentagon or Israel?

Reports: The 21st Century Is Finally Here, a Bit Behind Schedule

Ear to the Ground: Amid Tensions, Pakistan Moves Troops

Reports: The Road Out of Iraq Begins in Vietnam

Arts and Culture: James Blight on McGeorge Bundy

Ear to the Ground: British Troops to Begin Iraq Withdrawal in May

Ear to the Ground: Love Is a Battlefield

Reports: West’s Role in Afghanistan Needs Re-Examining

Reports: Sweeping Blackwater Under the Rug

Reports: Chevron in the White House

Reports: Confronting the Terrorist Within

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Parliament Approves Occupation Deal

Reports: Bush’s Follies Will Destroy Obama If He Lets Them

Ear to the Ground: Thousands Protest U.S. Pact

Reports: Why Obama Can Keep Gates

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Cabinet OK’s Occupation Deal

Ear to the Ground: How Bloody Can Bush’s Legacy Be?

Cartoons: Location, Location, Location

Ear to the Ground: Time Is Running Out for Iraq Occupation Deal

Ear to the Ground: Immunity Issue Snags U.S.-Iraq Agreement

Ear to the Ground: Secret Bush Order OKs Strikes Inside Pakistan

Cartoons: Is There a Doctor in the House or Senate?

Ear to the Ground: Bush: Under Him, Most Troops Will Stay in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Russia to Georgia: OK, We’ll Leave. But ...

Ear to the Ground: Georgia Diplomatically Dumps Russia

Ear to the Ground: ‘Surge’ Rhetoric Not Universal

Ear to the Ground: Der Spiegel or ‘Der Lying’?

Ear to the Ground: Maliki Mulls Troop Pullout

A/V Booth: Cindy McCain in the Spotlight

Ear to the Ground: Taliban-Led Raid Frees 1,200 in Afghan Prison Break

Ear to the Ground: McCain Pooh-Poohs a Time Frame for Withdrawal

Reports: Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle

Reports: Business Stirs in a Walled Neighborhood

Ear to the Ground: Preparations Made for Sadr City Assault

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Death Toll Spikes in April

Reports: Bloated in Baghdad

Reports: Bush’s Parallel Universe

Reports: Road to Nowhere

Reports: Sinking Into the Quagmire

Ear to the Ground: Bush Backs Petraeus’ Pause Plan

Reports: Everything His President Wants to Hear

Ear to the Ground: No Exit (Yet)

Reports: Consider Iraq Defined

Ear to the Ground: Kidnappers Free Baghdad Security Spokesman

Cartoons: Time for an Update

Ear to the Ground: Sarkozy Cozies Up to Britain

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Troop Levels Likely to Stay Level in Iraq

Reports: Winter Soldier Marches Again

Ear to the Ground: Bomb Kills 5 U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad

Reports: What John McCain Should Know

Ear to the Ground: Iraq to Turkey: Get Out

A/V Booth: Bush on Why the U.S. Didn’t Send Troops to Darfur

A/V Booth: France Catches Colonial Fever

Ear to the Ground: National Guard Difficulty ‘Places the Nation at Risk’

Ear to the Ground: Army Suicide Rate Highest on Record

Cartoons: Drowning in Support

Ear to the Ground: Edwards Lays Out Aggressive Withdrawal Plan

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Sweeps 20,000 Veterans Under the Rug

Ear to the Ground: Tentative Security Gains in Baghdad?

A/V Booth: Olbermann on the Best Way to Support Our Troops

Ear to the Ground: Violence in Basra Drops 90% After British Withdrawal

Ear to the Ground: The Deadliest Year and Counting

Ear to the Ground: Bush Chides Congress for ‘Wasting Time’

A/V Booth: Rep. Stark Sorry for Bush-Bashing Remark

Ear to the Ground: Bush Wants Even More Money for the Wars

Reports: Dissent From the Front Lines

Cartoons: The British Are Leaving!

Ear to the Ground: Dozens Dead in Pakistan Border Battle

Ear to the Ground: Team Bush Wants $50 Billion More for ‘08 Military Budget

Ear to the Ground: Supporting the Troops, GOP-Style

Ear to the Ground: AP Keeps Bush in (Fact) Check

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