Anthony Cordesman, adviser to Gen. McChrystal, writes in the Washington Post: McChrystal has not announced a need for more U.S. troops, but almost every expert on the scene has talked about figures equivalent to three to eight more brigade combat t...

Interesting piece from Walter Pincus reflecting anxiety within CIA that the nation will lose intelligence now that the Obama administration is requiring the CIA to use the Army Field Manual on Interrogations as a template for questioning detainees. T...

From a press conference the defense secretary held in Kabul: First, I think that the Taliban in Pakistan overreached with their offensive in Buner district, coming within dozens of kilometers of...

Hamid Karzai can take comfort as he comes to Washington this week from the fact that Nangahar governor/warlord Gul Agha Shirzai won't run for the Afghan presidency. Matthew Rosenberg of the Wall Street Journal gets a great quote...

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