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May 27, 2009 11:57 AM EDT --
For Memorial Day, we talk with veteran and scholar Andrew Bacevich about America, war, and the world: troops, leaders, and fateful choices.
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July 22, 2009 01:36 PM EDT --
Our first hour today got down deep into the battle going on right now in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. If you want a sense of what it’s like on the front lines, there are some striking images, . . .
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September 07, 2009 04:24 PM EDT --
A member of the Afghan National Police stands guard at his post, in Khowst province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP)
President Obama faces his biggest decision as commander . . .
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September 08, 2009 04:24 PM EDT --
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), July 2009.
Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin said in our first hour today that President Obama’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan is “unwise” . . .
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October 29, 2009 09:48 PM EDT --
President Barack Obama salutes as the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., are carried from a plane at Dover Air Force Base on Thursday morning, Oct. 29, 2009. According to the . . .
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November 30, 2009 09:24 PM EST --
President Barack Obama and his national security team listen to a presentation from Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, during a briefing on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation . . .
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December 01, 2009 10:36 PM EST --
President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. (AP)
The president’s speech on Afghanistan. President Obama . . .
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December 03, 2009 09:24 PM EST --
A United States Marine LAV vehicle of the 4th Light Armored Recon on patrol in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP)
An Afghanistan surge — and . . .
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October 13, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
A damaged U.S. vehicle (left) is seen after a suicide attack on a U.S. military convoy in Nangahar province, east of Kabul, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP)
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October 12, 2009 02:48 PM EDT --
Lt. Col. William McCollough, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion 5th Marines, talks with local elders during a planned meeting, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, . . .
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November 19, 2009 11:24 PM EST --
President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall in Badaling, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP)
Obama in China. Healthcare crunch time in the Senate. And the mammogram controversy rages on. Our . . .
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July 02, 2009 05:00 PM EDT --
(Left to right, clockwise) U.S. Marines in Hemland province, Afghanistan; Al Franken shortly after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in his favor; South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford; People wait . . .
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August 20, 2009 09:36 PM EDT --
An Afghan woman voter walks past male voters lining up to cast their ballots, as she heads towards the women's side of a mosque made into a polling station in Kabul on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. . . .
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September 20, 2009 10:36 PM EDT --
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP)
Vietnam War critic Daniel Ellsberg . . .
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October 01, 2009 09:24 PM EDT --
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, is seen with Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, at the opening of the Geneva talks between Iran, the U.S., and five world powers in Geneva, . . .
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October 08, 2009 10:00 PM EDT --
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting about the current situation in Pakistan on Oct. 7, 2009 in the Situation Room of the White House. (White House Photo/Pete Souza)
War council in . . .
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October 22, 2009 05:00 PM EDT --
Pay cuts for bailout executives. Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. The pope opens his church to Anglicans.
Guests :
Jay Newton-Small , congressional correspondent for Time magazine. She also . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:48 PM EST --
Spc. Ryan Howard of Niles, Mich., right, and Spc. David Straub of Ardmore, Okla., wait for news of fellow soldiers while waiting at the gate of the Fort Hood, Texas, Army base on Thursday, Nov. 5, . . .
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November 12, 2009 08:24 PM EST --
Soldiers Cross, honoring those who lost their lives in last week's shooting, is seen near the podium where President Barack Obama will speak at the memorial service, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at . . .
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September 17, 2009 10:36 PM EDT --
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, gestures during his news conference on health care legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP)
Max Baucus rolls out a healthcare . . .
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