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Scrounging for Answers in Afghanistan

Here's hoping the classified version of the Afghanistan strategy review has more meat on the bone than the bland public assessment.

START Soon, But Not Yet

Having the lame-duck Senate ratify the New START arms-control agreement would be an insult to the Russians.

Cut Defense Spending

We’re breaking the bank. America can’t afford to defend the world any longer.

Blogs

Pakistan Becomes the Recipe for Endless War in Afghanistan

The new reason to keep American boots on the ground in Afghanistan: Fighting Pakistan by proxy.

China Feeling Its Oats

Seventy years of being the world's preeminent power. Twenty years of being the only great power. How will Washington handle second place?

Gates Swimming against the Tide

Defense Secretary Gates's budget cuts beg the question: Why not more?

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February 12, 2012