ARCHIVE:
War Stories
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File Under: Failure
How did Obama's effort to make government more transparent go so wrong?
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NATO's Last Mission?
The military crisis in Libya highlights an existential crisis for NATO.
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Superpowerless
Why the United States can't do as much as you think in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Don't Talk About the War
Why didn't the Senate ask Gen. Petraeus a single hard question about Afghanistan?
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Not Mincing Words
On his way out the door, Robert Gates gives the military some refreshingly frank advice.
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What To Do About Qaddafi
How Obama could turn the crisis in Libya to America's advantage.
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Do We Really Need More Submarines and Aircraft Carriers?
The brewing battle over the defense budget.
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Mubarak's Bombshell
The president refuses to step down. What's next for Egypt? A coup? A revolution? A crackdown?
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Know-It-All
Donald Rumsfeld may be even worse at writing a memoir than he was at being secretary of defense.
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Does Egypt Prove Bush Right?
No, his "freedom agenda" failed long before he left office.
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Obama's "Sputnik Moment"
The lesson from the 1950s is that it takes more than private enterprise to revive American innovation. It takes lots of government spending.
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Trimming the Pentagon's Sails
Secretary Robert Gates' dramatic (but limited) plan to cut defense spending.
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Political Brinksmanship
Republicans picked a silly fight over START, and they lost badly.
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The Tape Loop of History
A new play explains why wars in Afghanistan always end badly.
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No More Excuses
John McCain has run out of reasons to block the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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Diplomacy in Action
What the WikiLeaks documents tell us about the practice of foreign policy.
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Crazy Like a Fox
What exactly is Hamid Karzai trying to accomplish with his latest comments?
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Going to War Over a Treaty
President Obama can get the Senate to ratify the New START treaty. But it won't be easy.
