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At Loggerheads: Karzai and the White House

(April 6) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today pointedly avoided calling Hamid Karzai an ally of the United States and suggested that his invitation to Washington on May 12 will depend on "whatever continued or further remarks President Karzai makes." That warning is the latest evidence of a deepening rift between...

Reporter's Notebook: 7 Scenes From the Afghan Surge on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) - There was a sense of déjà vu all over again at the first in a series of Capitol Hill hearings on the Obama administration's new strategy in Afghanistan. "This is the second surge I'm up here defending," Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee. A holdover from the Bush...

Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Draws Barbs From All Sides

(Dec. 1) - President Barack Obama's speech formally announcing his plans for the war in Afghanistan generated an avalanche of opinion, much of it critical of one aspect or another of his strategy for winning the war. As a service to readers, Sphere asked experts from different political perspectives to weigh in on the...

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...

Opinion: Obama Risks Failure in Afghanistan By Not Sending More Troops

President Obama's decision on how to proceed in Afghanistan is one of the most important he's likely to face in office. Unfortunately it appears that he will risk the success of his administration's new strategy for Afghanistan by providing less troop reinforcements than his military commanders have recommended. The Obama...