Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009. In his speech to the Human Rights Campaign this weekend, President Obama pledged to "end" Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. September 23, 2009. Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman, Bill Kristol and others want to pressure the president into escalation in Afghanistan.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. August 8, 2009. General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may be providing assistance to Taliban insurgents, yet the U.S. government continues to fund the Pakistan military.
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.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. July 30, 2009. In an exclusive interview, Feingold argues why his lone vote to oppose expanding the military by 30,000 soldiers was the right one.
Agence France Presse July 19, 2009. According to a report by the New York Times, U.S. officials are concerned that abuses and militant recruiting within local prisons are helping strengthen the Taliban.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. May 14, 2009. Two factors reportedly led to Obama's U-turn: objections from military brass and the president's upcoming speech in Egypt.
Aaron Glantz, IPS News. May 12, 2009. 'The first impulse is to be angry ... but then you can't help but ask: 'What caused this person to be this upset, this angry?'
Gareth Porter, IPS News. April 18, 2009. U.S. air strikes have been touted as eliminating top al Qaeda leaders, but they are actually weakening Pakistan’s defense against the insurgency.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 26, 2009. "They will be called advisory and assistance brigades," says Defense Secretary Gates. "They won't be called combat brigades."
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 26, 2009. Obama refused to send the full 30,000 troops requested by his generals because they had no plan for how to use them.
