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Pentagon eyes sending hundreds of troops to Afghanistan
AP | WASHINGTON – Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a
Read More »ACLU Obtains Key Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
Memo Instructed CIA To Document Both Torture Techniques And Agents Participating In Interrogations NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today obtained three redacted documents related to the Bush administration’s brutal interrogation policies,
Read More »Driver told FBI agents U.S. could have killed bin Laden
By Carol Rosenberg | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — In his seventh of month of U.S. captivity, Osama bin Laden’s driver told a pair of FBI agents that it was America’s fault that
Read More »Iraq war’s total cost nearing Vietnam’s price tag
The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War’s expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it. The new report by the Congressional Research
Read More »Time To Exit The Empire Game
By Patrick J. Buchanan | As any military historian will testify, among the most difficult of maneuvers is the strategic retreat. Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, Lee’s retreat to Appomattox and MacArthur’s retreat from the
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