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Closing out his big foreign tour, the president made an unannounced stop in the country Tuesday.
By Alex Koppelman
April 7, 2009
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As he prepares to return to Iraq, the MTV reality show star discusses how it feels to be redeployed -- and to learn about it on camera.
By Caitlin Shamberg
April 1, 2009
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Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
By Laura Miller
March 11, 2009
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Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
By Juan Cole
March 2, 2009
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Budgets are about priorities, not numbers, and President Obama's first budget marks a sea change from the past eight years.
By Mike Madden
February 27, 2009
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The House speaker says she wants only 15,000 to 20,000 troops to remain, while the president reportedly intends to leave 50,000 there.
By Alex Koppelman
February 26, 2009
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Violent protests and riots are breaking out everywhere as economies collapse and governments fail. War is bound to follow.
By Michael Klare
February 26, 2009
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The president is expected to announce later this week that about 100,000 soldiers will be withdrawing by summer 2010, with the rest leaving in 2011.
By Alex Koppelman
February 24, 2009
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The U.S. military has become so dependent on outside contractors like KBR that President Obama couldn't sever ties with these corporations even if he wanted to.
By Pratap Chatterjee
February 23, 2009
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One of the key proponents of the Iraq war is calling for regime change in Iran.
By Christopher M. Matthews
February 20, 2009
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Democrats fought the surge and the surge -- sort of -- won. Now what do we do in Iraq?
By Joan Walsh
February 18, 2009
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How did the American military become the French Foreign Legion?
By William Astore
February 17, 2009
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The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy.
By Juan Cole
January 8, 2009
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President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant
January 8, 2009
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Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men.
By Mark Benjamin
November 20, 2008
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A soldier who was ordered to shred documents about two soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident rescued some of the paperwork and provided it to Salon.
November 20, 2008
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The maverick of days past might be deadlocked with Obama now if he hadn't let the Republican right hijack the Straight Talk Express.
By Walter Shapiro
October 29, 2008
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Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal.
By Joe Conason
October 27, 2008
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The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration's military commissions.
By Stacy Sullivan
October 23, 2008
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The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers.
By Mark Benjamin
October 14, 2008
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Despite a video that seems to show friendly fire, and the discovery of a tank shell near the impact site, the official investigation attributes their deaths to enemy action.
By Mark Benjamin
October 14, 2008
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With the economy nose-diving, McCain did not achieve the surge he needed, while Obama looked masterly as the candidate of reassurance.
By Walter Shapiro
October 8, 2008
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Republican debate watchers praised a "tough" and "witty" performance from the Alaskan governor, but on the whole were surprisingly subdued.
By Walter Shapiro
October 3, 2008
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Latino voters in this economically pummeled swing state harbor fears, hopes -- and rising electoral power. They could help deliver Obama to the White House.
By Dan Hoyle
September 30, 2008
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Friday's debate was no decisive showdown. But for undecided voters watching, did Obama look too green or McCain too mean?
By Walter Shapiro
September 27, 2008
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This war is our war
America's imperial police force
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W. and the damage done
New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers
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How John McCain ran against himself
On Iraq, McCain doesn't have a clue
Confessions of a former Guantánamo prosecutor
Friendly fire in Iraq -- and a coverup
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