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The U.S. Is Shipping Tons of Deadly Weaponry to Pakistan

Jeremy Scahill, TheNation.com. May 12, 2010.

U.S. drones bomb Pakistan regularly. Now, Washington is about to deliver 20 F-16s and surveillance planes to Islamabad along with a thousand 500 lb bombs.

Robert Gates Holds Stealth Meeting With U.S. General on Afghan War

Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.

The meeting on Sunday was not publicly announced beforehand and Gates did not bring reporters with him as he usually does on foreign trips.

Maliki Hints at U.S. Troop Presence Beyond 2011

Agence France Presse July 23, 2009.

"If the Iraqi forces required further training and further support, we shall examine this then at that time based on the needs of Iraq," Maliki said.

No Tobacco Ban for U.S. Soldiers in Combat: Pentagon

Agence France Presse July 16, 2009.

"The situation [soldiers] are confronting is stressful enough as it is," said a Pentagon press official.

Democrats Deal Blow to Guantanamo Closure

Agence France PresseMay 19, 2009.

Barack Obama's plan to close the prison camp by early 2010 hits a snag as his Senate allies move to deny his $80 million request.

Despite What Cheney Says, the Pentagon Is Preparing to Shut Down Gitmo

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 19, 2008.

Sounds like progress, and Cheney's skepticism notwithstanding, like a commitment Obama is going to keep.