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Afghanistan: What Next?

Afghanistan’s winter of discontent will throw NATO daunting challenges that extend far beyond skirmishes with the Taliban. In their thoughtful essay, Greg Mills and Terence McNamee conclude that answering the thorny question …

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TO ARMY CHIEF OF

for having the integrity to spell out home truths.

In a series of pointed statements that should rightly leave many in the White House and Congress uncomfortable, the general said he must …

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Special forces and horses

Excerpted from “War Made New”

The MH-47E Chinook touched down at Landing Zone Albatross at 2:00 A.M. on Friday, October 19, 2001, halfway around the world from New York City, where the …

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Challenges and choices

Since the fall of the Taliban in November 2001, Afghan leaders and the international community have worked in concert to devise a political compact and an economic recovery strategy. So far, this …

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The return of oversight and investigations

Rep. Ike Skelton said he would revive the subcommittee on investigations and examine contract abuses and mistakes in the conduct of the war in Iraq if Democrats take control of the House …

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Bad borders

Ralph Peters asserts that while many problems contribute to the “comprehensive failure” that is the Middle East, one of the most important is not addressed: unjust borders [“Blood borders,” June]. He insists …

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To new British Army chief Gen. Richard Dannatt,

who in an interview with a British tabloid said that U.K. troops should withdraw from Iraq “soon” and their presence “exacerbates the security problems” in the country.

Unlike Gen. Peter Schoomaker’s speech, …

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Disjointed argument

While accomplishing the objective of being thought-provoking, Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr.’s article goes to show just how far our military mind-set has to go to achieve a true …

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In this issue

Afghanistan: So full of promise a few short years ago, so precariously perched today. NATO’s commander in Afghanistan, British Gen. David Richards warns that the country is at a tipping point where …

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A tide to turn

Cuts and red tape threaten the future of Navy labs

Fully loaded, an Arleigh Burke destroyer displaces 8,315 tons. It has four turbine engines, an Aegis Combat System that includes the 53C …

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