On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Barack Obama’s re-election team sought to raise doubts about Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s fitness to be commander in chief. In a conference call with reporters organized by...
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American solders speak with an Afghan villager during a patrol in Afghanistan.
Obama Team Hits Romney Readiness to be Commander in Chief
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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2012.
Obama: `Battle-Tested,’ Saying So
There was no talk of the war in Afghanistan in Republican Mitt Romney’s speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination. There will be plenty of talk about war, and peace, in Charlotte this week. ”You’re going to hear about it from...
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President Bush, right, is followed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, prior to making a statement to reporters at Al-Asad Airbase in Anbar province, Iraq, in this 2007 file photo.
Obama Invokes Bush’s Wars, Romney’s Tax Cuts as More of Same
President Barack Obama has talked about the mess he inherited. Now he’s talking about that mess in the context of the candidate who wants to replace him as president: “You watched and worried — two wars, tax cuts for millionaires,...
Read more »Clinton: Afghanistan’s New Status – `Not Even Imagining Abandoning’
As the U.S. winds down its war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has effectively removed two long-running wars from this year’s election debate. And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was Obama’s most threatening election challenger in 2008, is nearing...
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Afghan women and children enter FOB (Forward Operating Base) Jackson also known as Sabit Khadam during seed distribution organized by U.S. Marines Female Engagement Team (FET) from the 1st battalion 7th Marines Regiment in Sangin on June 12, 2012.
Afghanistan, Iran Still ‘Failed States’
After 11 years of war, billions of dollars, and 2,004 American deaths, the U.S. effort at nation-building in Afghanistan shows little sign of success by one measure: The country was ranked even worse than last year in the annual “Failed...
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A soldier at Section 60, an area largely used for those who died while serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, at Arlington National Cemetery on May 24, 2012.
Obama, Romney Honoring War Dead
This will be the first presidential election in modern times in which neither major party’s nominee is a military veteran. Still, today, President Barack Obama will serve a traditional role with a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns at...
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Senators Joe Lieberman, left, and Lindsey Graham, conduct a news conference.
Gingrich Gets Afghanistan Rebuke From Graham
With only a few hours left before polls close in today’s two Southern contests, Newt Gingrich may not appreciate comments by fellow Republican southerner Lindsay Graham. Graham told reporters that politicians are undercutting the forces on the ground when they...
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