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National Security

Vets say Afghanistan War wasn’t worth it, but enlisted leaders find troops want deployments there

Russ Read -

July 29, 2019 10:18 pm

President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2019, after spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J.

Kabul demands explanation for Trump’s ‘wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Earth’ comments

Rob Crilly -

July 23, 2019 1:58 pm

President Donald Trump talks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 1, 2019, with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The president signed a $4.6 billion aid package to help the federal government cope with the surge of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Foreign Policy

Trump claims he could win Afghanistan war in a week, but does not want to ‘kill 10 million’

Zach Halaschak -

July 23, 2019 12:01 am

Protesting army soldiers salute as they sing their national anthem as they march through La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Hundreds of low ranking soldiers from Bolivia's Armed Forces marched for a third day against the military high command's dismissal of four of its leaders who defended their call for better career opportunities. Enlisted men are demanding changes so that non-commissioned officers in Bolivia's military may study to become career officers. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Opinion

How I grew up in a military family but ended up an anti-war activist

logan-edge -

July 22, 2019 8:13 pm

Crime

Looking for the Hollywood ending

Trent Reedy -

July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Gentleman’s Smoking Club

Trent Reedy -

July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Joseph Biden, the newly-elected Democratic Senator from Delaware, is shown in Washington, Dec. 12, 1972. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)

News

‘The US has no obligation’: Biden fought to keep Vietnamese refugees out of the US

Jerry Dunleavy -

July 4, 2019 4:01 am

In this Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, photo, U.S. Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment walk past children asking for candy while on patrol in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U.S. Marines who have paid a heavy price battling the Taliban in Afghanistan's deadliest spot expect the insurgents to hit back hard.

Beltway Confidential

New Quincy Institute think tank is unfairly smeared as ‘isolationist’

Daniel DePetris -

July 3, 2019 6:49 pm

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, second from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia.

Beltway Confidential

The Taliban don’t want peace, but let’s leave Afghanistan anyway

Jerrod Laber -

July 3, 2019 5:25 pm

Foreign Policy

‘Harvard of terrorists’: Trump explains why US has yet to leave Afghanistan

Julio Rosas -

July 2, 2019 1:48 am

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