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The host of the 2011 Sprint Cup Awards probably deserves the nod to kick off the next season. Singer and actress Reba McEntire did a fine job hosting the latest edition of the awards ceremony—she could handle the duty at Daytona. As an added bonus, she c
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A new list with a pair of new titles joining the ranks ... BOOK WORLD (Unofficial) Political Bestsellers — February 19, 2012 [click on author’s name to be routed to Book World ’s review] 1. Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America (Threshold, $26.99). By Mark
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Click here to listen to Timothy MacBain’s latest Tomcast audio interview in which Bacevich
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If all goes as planned, it will be the happiest of wartimes in the U.S.A. Only the best of news, the killing of the baddest of the evildoers, will ever filter back to our world. After all, American war is heading for the “shadows” in a big way. As news a
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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Tuesday, spurred by reports that soldiers had burned a copy of the Quran at the base. NATO officials acknowledged that Islamic religious materials, including copies of the Q
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On Afghanistan, these two aren't on the same page. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) talked with ABC's Jake Tapper yesterday via satellite from Afghanistan, and one exchange, in particular, stood out for me. TAPPER: Let's turn now to Afghanistan, where you're s
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey urged against an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program, telling CNN’s Fareed Zakaria this morning that “It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran,” and such a strike would be “des
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If all goes as planned, it will be the happiest of wartimes in the U.S.A. Only the best of news, the killing of the baddest of the evildoers, will ever filter back to our world. After all, American war is heading for the “shadows” in a big way. As news a
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In his leaked report on the occupation of Afghanistan, Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis says top US military officials have concealed the reality about the war on Afghanistan. His accusations have sparked fresh debates and renewed criticisms of Washington
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Press TV has interviewed Wayne Madsen, investigative journalist in Washington about the accusations of lies fed to the American public. He discusses startling revelations about the drug lords in Afghanistan and their relationship to President Karzai and
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The training and equipment of a capable Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) is at the core of NATO’s strategy to gradually transfer control and withdraw from Afghanistan by the announced date of 2014. Yet after decades of factional war that destroyed
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tool goes here WASHINGTON — These days, Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina isn’t deriding town hall hecklers as a bunch of “angry white guys” or branding as losers the conservative activists who criticize him at the S.C. GOP’s conventi
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He's not writing New Yor
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Since shortly after the attacks of 9/11, Col. Dean Smittle, 72, of Delhi Township has been a regular voice on Jim Scotts Morning Show on 700 WLW-AM, explaining the tactics and weaponry used by the United States in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and pu
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JEFFREY BROWN: And next to Afghanistan, where an officer serving in the U.S. Army has openly criticized top brass for misleading Congress and the American people about the war. Margaret Warner has our story. MARGARET WARNER: As the war in Afghanistan con
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As world leaders continue to debate a drawdown strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus's own exit from the country came last summer, after more than a year commanding U.S. and NATO forces there. In September, having retired from the Army
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia is redesigning its fight against Marxist guerrillas, making the destruction of key rebel military and financial units as much of a goal as killing their leaders, sources familiar with the plan say. Helped by billions of dollar
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From left, Director of Defense Intelligence Agency Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, CIA Director David Petraeus, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and FBI Director Robert Mueller, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012,
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General David Howell Petraeus, USA (born November 7, 1952) is the 10th and current Commander, U.S. Central Command. Speaking at the change of command ceremony, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said of Petraeus: "He is the preeminent soldier-scholar-statesman of his generation and precisely the man we need in this command at this time.". He... Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: (L-R) U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and CIA Director David Petraeus testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill January 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on the topic of...
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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) David Petraeus (L), and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon shake hands at a private meeting in Mexico City January 18, 2012. Picture taken January 18, 2012.
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U.S. Gen. David H. Petraeus (R) explains security improvements in Sadr City while giving an aerial tour of Baghdad to U.S. Senator Barack Obama and others, in this July 21, 2008 file photo. President Obama on October 22, 2011 sought to cast himself as a strong leader on foreign policy,...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) shake hands with U.S. CIA Director David Petraeus (L), as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, (C) looks on at prime minister residence in Islamabad October 20, 2011.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, prepares to hand shake with a CIA Chief David Petraeus, left, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, looks on prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Clinton is leading an...
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CIA Director David Petraeus (L) accepts a standing ovation as he prepares to make remarks at a "Concert to Honor" performance to remember 9/11 victims, survivors, their families and first responders of the September 11, 2001 attack, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington,...
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CIA Director David Petraeus (C) and his wife Holly are seated with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as they await the start of a "Concert to Honor" performance to remember 9/11 victims, survivors, their families and first responders of the September 11, 2001 attack, at the Kennedy Center...
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