As President Obama continues to debate between pulling out of Afghanistan, staying the course or fulfilling General McChrystal’s request for more troops, NATO commanders are increasingly unified. According to reports, the defense chiefs from…

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On Monday, Oct 5th Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates gave the keynote address on the Army’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting. The Secretary of Defense noted the importance of determining the best strategy in Afghanistan and that he would support whatever President Obama determines is best. While the speech did not receive the coverage one might expect, observers state it does provide insight into the thoughts of some within the Administration (or at least the thoughts of Sec. Gates)…The following is a transcript of…

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Since contents of the report were first leaked to the press, General McChrystal’s assesment of the situation in Afghanistan has resulted in calls from the left to pull out and from the right add more troops (as requested by the General). In late September, General McChrystal’s report was declasified and made available to the public. The following is a link to download or read online a PDF copy of that report…

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President Obama, early this year you called for the immediate passage of the Stimulus Plan even though members of Congress had not had time to read the bill and you yourself did not see it as urgent enough to delay your weekend in Chicago (by a few hours) to sign it. You have stated that Health Care Reform needs to be rushed through (effectively without public input) even though a majority of the changes would not take place for years. Yet when…

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