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Morning Update: Troop Redeployments

Both candidates responded to President Bush’s announcement of a troop drawdown on Tuesday and called for more troops in Afghanistan. Israeli newspaper Haaretz compares the GOP and Democratic platforms...

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Morning Update: U.S. Vice Presidential Debate

U.S. Vice Presidential candidates Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sparred on U.S. military deployments in Iraq and several other foreign policy issues in their only television...

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Quote: Obama on Afghanistan

“It’s time to heed the call from General McKiernan and others for more troops. That’s why I’d send at least two or three additional combat brigades to Afghanistan. We also need more training for Afghan...

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Morning Update: ‘Exploring’ Taliban Talks

In an interview with TIME, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said opportunities to negotiate with the Taliban should be “explored.” The Democratic ticket met with its Senior Working Group on National Security...

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Morning Update: Last Weekend for U.S. Campaign

With the U.S. presidential campaign headed into its final weekend, Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) made final pushes for votes, and analysts began looking ahead to the transition of...

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Challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan

Middle East expert Juan Cole reviewed President-elect Barack Obama’s positions to date on Iraq and Afghanistan in a lecture at the University of Chicago on Wednesday evening. Cole, who tracks events in...

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Tariq Ali: Conflict and Crisis in Pakistan

Journalist and author Tariq Ali warned that U.S. military action in Pakistan and escalation of the war in Afghanistan would create widespread instability in the region. Speaking Tuesday in a public...

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Morning Update: U.S. Jobs Plan

President-elect Barack Obama said in his weekly address on Friday that his economic team is forging a two-year Economic Recovery Plan that will create 2.5 million new U.S. jobs. Here is the video of...

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Morning Update: Deficit Concerns

After meeting with his top economic advisers on Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama warned of the potential of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come” (NYT). He promised to enforce tighter...

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Obama Signals ‘New Era of Responsibility’

Before a cheering crowd of millions (WashPost) at his inauguration on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for a “new era of responsibility ” in the face of serious challenges confronting the United...

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