On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
By William Astore Oct 13, 2009
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The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error
By Mark Benjamin
October 7, 2009
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Many makers of familiar products used to make weapons for the U.S. military. In tough times, the practice could be making a comeback.
By Nick Turse
December 18, 2008
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Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point.
By Walter Shapiro
November 17, 2008
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Warner Bros. blocks the release of the DVD version of "Hanoi Hilton," which includes an interview with John McCain about his time in captivity in Vietnam.
By Vincent Rossmeier
October 14, 2008
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The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?
By Mark Benjamin
April 1, 2008
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Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the U.S. committed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Mark Benjamin
March 13, 2008
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Hint: Members of the POW community -- ex-prisoners, their families and the families of those still unaccounted for -- have issues with him.
By Mark Benjamin
January 29, 2008
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From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller
December 12, 2007
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The full transcript of Gen. William Westmoreland's Nov. 19, 1967, appearance on "Meet the Press" to discuss progress in Vietnam.
September 13, 2007
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The president's "new defense" of the war in Iraq.
By Tim Grieve
August 22, 2007
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Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom.
By Joe Conason
August 17, 2007
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Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
By Shaun McCanna
August 7, 2007
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I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's.
By Patrick Smith
June 29, 2007
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Production moving overseas, good jobs disappearing, national angst upwelling... South Korea sings the grownup globalization blues
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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After saving each other's lives in combat, Chuck Hagel, the future Republican senator of Nebraska, and his brother Tom fought about Vietnam and Iraq -- until they finally saw eye to eye.
By Myra MacPherson
April 30, 2007
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Why I back the Warner-Levin compromise as a first step to changing direction in Iraq.
By Sen. Jim Webb
February 7, 2007
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The senator wants to work on avoiding "catastrophe."
By David Puner
January 25, 2007
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We'll win in Iraq unless we quit.
By Tim Grieve
November 17, 2006
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The House surprises Bush on Vietnam. Meanwhile, in Russia, the allofmp3.com deathwatch begins
By Andrew Leonard
November 14, 2006
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An influx of inspired Democrats and a smart, well-spoken woman for speaker could be just what the doctor ordered.
By Garrison Keillor
November 8, 2006
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A new protest movement inside the military -- including active-duty soldiers back from Iraq -- is calling on Congress to end the war immediately.
By Mark Benjamin
November 2, 2006
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A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life?
By Adrienne So
October 13, 2006
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Dave Rabbit was a renegade pirate DJ in Vietnam who railed against LBJ to the sound of Jimi Hendrix. Now the garrulous Texan granddad is packing up his old persona, minus the psychedelics, and heading to Iraq.
By Christian Parenti
September 23, 2006