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Defense
Global Opportunity Costs: How the Iraq War Undermined U.S. Influence
The war took its toll in blood and money, but it also damaged American diplomacy.
Defense
Obama says those accountable in Afghan killings will face 'full force of the law'
President calls the killings 'unacceptable,' 'outrageous.'
Oversight
Obama signs debt deal, turns to job creation
To all those caught up in the frenzy of the debt-ceiling fight in Washington these past few weeks, it seemed like a moment of relief, but it was only the “first step,” as Obama called it.
Defense
Washington loses patience with counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
It isn’t just people who are dying in Afghanistan. So is an entire concept of war.
