The presidential electoral campaign of Barack Obama in 2008, it was thought, “changed the political debate in a party and a country that desperately needed to take a new direction.” Like most preceding presidential winners dating back at least to John F. Kennedy, what moved voters of all descriptions to back Obama was the hope he offered of significant change. Yet within a year Obama has taken decisive steps, not just to continue America’s engagement in Bush’s Afghan War, but significantly to enlarge it into Pakistan. If this was change of a sort, it was a change that few voters desired.
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News France has done ‘its duty’ in Afghanistan: Hollande
05-23-2012
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AFP
French President Francois Hollande said his country had done “more than its duty” in Afghanistan. He denied France would have to make a payback for pulling out its troops by the end of 2012 — a year earlier than planned.
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News NATO leaders agree to Afghan exit strategy
05-22-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera and agencies
Alliance endorses plan to withdraw troops by 2014, but fails to resolve issues such as supply routes through Pakistan.
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News Afghanistan’s Karzai thanks Obama for ‘your taxpayers’ money’
05-20-2012
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The Ticket
"I'm bringing to you and to the people of the United States the gratitude of the Afghan people for the support that your taxpayers' money has provided Afghanistan over the past decade and for the difference that it has made to the well-being of the A
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News France Tells Obama Afghan Troop Pullout Will Proceed
05-18-2012
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New York Times
François Hollande used his first visit with President Obama as France’s president on Friday to restate his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year, two years earlier than originally planned.
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News House Rejects Effort to End Afghan War
05-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
One of 142 different amendments to the House military spending bill for 2014, Rep. Barbara Lee (D – CA)’s amendment that would effective end the Afghan War, allowing spending only for the “safe and orderly withdrawal of US troops and military contrac
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News We expect western assistance and support in future - Karzai
05-14-2012
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http://rt.com
Western neglect of Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal brought about a growth of terror in the country
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Feature Article A Christian's best Friend Linda Hunnicutt
With the so called peaceful religion of Islam taking over our country much as it has in Europe we need to use our heads in fighting back as our President and Congress seem to be lax in protecting our own beliefs.
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News Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans
05-11-2012
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Washington Post
Afghan commanders have refused more than a dozen times within the past two months to act on U.S. intelligence regarding high-level insurgents, arguing that night-time operations to target the men would result in civilian casualties, Afghan officials
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News Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push
05-09-2012
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Reuters
The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a US. soldier held prisoner by the Taliban since 2009, says it is frustrated more than a year of covert diplomacy has been unable to free their son and is urging President Obama to push harder for his release.
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News Afghan tension: ‘US military, CIA out of control’
05-09-2012
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Afghan president Hamid Karzai has warned that the strategic pact with the US will be meaningless if the US continues killing Afghan civilians
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News US secretly frees high-level Afghan militants as bargaining chip – report
05-08-2012
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http://rt.com
News has emerged that in order to reach a truce in the most restive Afghan provinces, the US has secretly released several dozen high-ranking Afghan militants.
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Headlines: US secretly frees high-level Afghan militants as bargaining chip – report -- Afghan tension: ‘US military, CIA out of control’ -- Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push -- Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans -- A Christian's best Friend -- We expect western assistance and support in future - Karzai -- House Rejects Effort to End Afghan War -- France Tells Obama Afghan Troop Pullout Will Proceed -- Afghanistan’s Karzai thanks Obama for ‘your taxpayers’ money’ -- NATO leaders agree to Afghan exit strategy
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