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Robert Koehler: Have you noticed that we're always on the verge of war? - Cal Thomas: We don't need any more wars, because when it comes to the Middle East they never seem to end.
- While travelling in central Pakistan recently, I talked to my dad back in the U.S.A., and he told me of bombing in nearby Syria. He was obviously concerned. I thought of the AK-47-carrying young man assigned to protect our group. Then my mind turned to the reception we received wherever we went.
- China says it may slow its purchases of U.S. Treasuries, which should awaken sober minds in Washington, says Cal Thomas.
- The Army general in charge of Afghanistan as President Trump revamps the strategy there was in the same Gilman class that produced Kevin Kamenetz and Robert Ehrlich
- The president is the symbol of America to the world. His words and actions have impact far beyond the meetings and public appearances, communicating both our
- America's longest war isn't getting any younger. With its 15-year anniversary five months behind us, there's no telling when the Afghanistan war might end. But if our time there has taught us anything, it's that sending thousands more American troops into the fray would only prolong it further. Yet, with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis preparing a recommendation on the path forward in Afghanistan, the administration may be considering just that.
- A unit of veteran Maryland Army National Guardsmen is taking on a new mission to help lead and train NATO special operations forces as demand for the alliance's commandos continues to grow.
- The next president needs to understand that America's longest war could continue for another decade or more.
- The Bush name and the Iraq war have become politically toxic in the presidential race, says Jules Witcover.
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- The truth about Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban has become hopelessly confounded with the partisan political agendas in Washington
- As Presidents Day approaches, the Times caught up with Cathy Baty, the curator of collections at the Historical Society of Carroll County, to discuss the occassions standing or former presidents have visited Carroll County.
- As long as this country remains at war in the Middle East — even if Mr. Obama holds to his determination that there will be no more American "boots on the ground" there — the president will continue to struggle to break out of military entanglements that were none of his making.
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- After five years of partisan obstruction on Capitol Hill, Mr. Obama says he will still set out to change Washington all right, but not as he originally thought he could. Instead, he's told congressional Republicans that while he's still willing to work with them, he's going to end-run them if they continue to buck his own legislative agenda.
- In early 2003, I marched through downtown Washington D.C. with my fellow University of Maryland students to protest the Bush Administration's push toward war with the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
- Given President Hamid Karzai's never-ending demands, America should leave Afghanistan.
- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel once called the military budget 'bloated,' but he's treading cautiously so far.
- Karzai comments offer yet another reason for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan
- There's a connection between school shootings and America's culture of violence
- Doyle McManus says the U.S. is deeply involved in military engagements around the world, but Obama and Romney don't want to talk about it
- The demands of multiple tours of duty on Sgt. Robert Bales must have played some role in the killing of 17 Afghan civilians.
