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Taliban Attack Largest US Air Base in Afghanistan

(May 19) -- Suicide bombers armed with rockets and grenades launched a brazen assault before dawn today on the largest U.S. air base in Afghanistan, sparking a fierce battle that left 10 guerrillas and an American contractor dead. Nine other U.S. troops were wounded in today's attack on Bagram Air Base just north of...

Opinion: Obama's Speech -- Long on Platitudes, Short on Substance

(Dec. 1) - If you tuned in late to President Obama's speech this evening announcing his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, you might be forgiven for initially thinking that George W Bush was still president. For a candidate who ran for the nation's highest office on the notion that he would...