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Corrupt government and the U.S.'s mismanaged "surge" strategy have led to the Taliban's powerful resurgence in Afghanistan.
By Anand Gopal
October 10, 2008
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How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror.
By Andrew Bacevich
August 15, 2008
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The U.S. signed up legions of sketchy Iraqi fighters to help stop sectarian violence. Now, most may lose their security jobs -- but remain armed and angry.
By Anna Badkhen
August 6, 2008
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A Salon investigation reveals that a shortage of skilled sergeants has led to dubious promotions for inexperienced soldiers -- even jeopardizing some operations in Iraq.
By Bill Sasser
July 30, 2008
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He's a little crazy. Should I wait around for six years?
By Cary Tennis
May 14, 2008
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The president's nominee to head Veterans Affairs oversaw a military healthcare crisis long before the Walter Reed scandal.
By Mark Benjamin
November 5, 2007
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As the U.S. takes sides in Iraq's splintering civil war, a top Republican warns Bush's policy will fail.
By Juan Cole
June 28, 2007
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Veterans of the Iraq war, including heroic Army Cpl. Frank Sandoval, are dying here in America too.
By L. Okey Onyejekwe Jr.
June 22, 2007
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Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics -- likely with the approval of the Bush White House.
By Mark Benjamin
June 21, 2007
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In a few days I'll be waking to a bugle call -- unless there is still a way out.
By Cary Tennis
May 24, 2007
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New details confirm a CIA prisoner disappeared in U.S. custody for months, renewing suspicions the agency could be violating the law and using torture.
By Mark Benjamin
May 22, 2007
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U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone.
By Eilene Zimmerman
May 16, 2007
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American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era.
By Gregory Levey
May 3, 2007
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Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences.
By David J. Morris
April 26, 2007
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Military officials knew long ago about the failure to take care of America's war wounded at the beleaguered Walter Reed hospital.
By Mark Benjamin
April 25, 2007
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Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq.
By Mark Benjamin
April 9, 2007
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Soldiers on crutches and canes were sent to a main desert camp used for Iraq training. Military experts say the Army was pumping up manpower statistics to show a brigade was battle ready.
By Mark Benjamin
March 26, 2007
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At Fort Benning, soldiers who were classified as medically unfit to fight are now being sent to war. Is this an isolated incident or a trend?
By Mark Benjamin
March 11, 2007
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The Pentagon's top civilian official in charge of military healthcare wanted more money for bullets and bombs, and fewer benefits for soldiers.
By Mark Benjamin
March 6, 2007
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Nearly 12 percent of the Army's 2006 recruits had criminal histories.
By Tim Grieve
February 14, 2007
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Our occupation of Iraq has been a losing game for a lot of reasons. Consider one Army unit's effort to hand out hundreds of soccer balls to Iraqi kids.
By Mark Benjamin
February 7, 2007
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Fighting words from Bush's former Secretary of State.
By Kerry Lauerman
December 18, 2006
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Former Air Force officer Mikey Weinstein says evangelicals are trying to turn his beloved military into a "frickin' faith-based initiative."
By Alex Koppelman
December 13, 2006
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Disgusted with the leadership of the Iraq war, two retired generals say the GOP must go. Plus: More than 100 current military personnel join a campaign to get the U.S. out of Iraq -- now.
By Mark Benjamin
October 25, 2006
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A daughter is injured by explosives, and her mother enlists to dismantle them.
By Lynn Harris
July 26, 2006
Why we're losing in Afghanistan
Illusions of victory under Bush
"We were basically hiring terrorists"
Strained by war, U.S. Army promotes unqualified soldiers
My fiancé suddenly joined the Marines
Bush's careless choice for Iraq vets
Surging toward disaster in Iraq
One U.S. soldier who must be counted
The CIA's torture teachers
The CIA's latest "ghost detainee"
Getting blown up, again and again
Northern exposure
America's dangerous trigger finger
The Pentagon's chronic neglect of Iraq vets
Injured troops shipped back into battle
Army deployed seriously injured troops
The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq
Walter Reed, on the cheap
Need more recruits for Iraq? Take more criminals
Mission deflated
Powell: "Army is about broken"
"These people should be court-martialed"
U.S. generals call for Democratic takeover
Mom's in the Army now
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