U.S.-Afghan rift builds around Karzai's overture to Taliban (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents rejected an offer of talks from Kabul Monday and threatened for the first time to strike a target in the West, suggesting many years of violent conflict to... More
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Kilcullen on Afghanistan: "It's Still Winnable, But Only Just" (www.newyorker.com)
I wrote about David Kilcullen two years ago, in a piece called “Knowing the Enemy.” Few experts understand counterinsurgency and counterterrorism better than this former Australian army officer... More
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Cartwright: Afghanistan war tougher than Iraq (www.militarytimes.com)
The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs warned Monday that U.S. troops and their families should not expect to relax if operations in Iraq wrap up soon. Marine Gen. James Cartwright, speaking Monday... More
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Deal on Iraq Withdrawal Poses a Pentagon Challenge (www.time.com)
The Pentagon, after pushing for nearly a year for new rules governing the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, is already back-pedaling. On the one hand, the agreement between the Bush Administration and... More
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Mullen: I’ll give the new President the “best advice I can” (talkradionews.com)
This is the first administration transition during wartime in forty years, and traditionally, a crisis will occur during that period, said Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,... More
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Mullen: Exit dates in Iraq deal not a problem (www.militarytimes.com)
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirmed Monday that the new U.S. agreement with Iraq calls for all U.S. troops to be completely out of Iraq by the end of 2011 and that he is “comfortable” with... More
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Casey: Soldiers need more time at home (www.militarytimes.com)
After years of longer and more frequent deployments, soldiers should get more time at home as long as overall demand for troops overseas holds steady, the Army chief of staff said... More
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Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says (www.cnn.com)
An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. That illness is a condition now... More
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Waging War Against Mental Illness (wowktv.com)
Lt. Suzanne Jenkins knows a thing or two about issues facing mountain state veterans. As the only mental health officer with the West Virginia Army National Guard, her job is to travel the state... More
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Military Families Get Time Off for Care (www.nytimes.com)
The Labor Department will release new regulations on Friday that will let family members of seriously injured or ill members of the armed services take up to 26 weeks off from work each year to care... More
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