On AlterNet: robert gates
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Stephen Collinson, Agence France Presse. October 20, 2009.
Washington spent several days pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a second round of voting following his fraud-tainted election win.
Robert Dreyfuss, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. September 28, 2009.
Even hawks admit there's no military option. But will Obama stop blustering about sanctions and really deal?
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. August 14, 2009.
Despite Iraqis' perception that Blackwater was kicked out of their country, the State Department has confirmed the mercenaries remain.
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.
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.
Agence France Presse July 16, 2009.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has proposed cuts to the wasteful F-22 fighter program. "If we can't get this right, what on earth can we get right?" he said Thursday.
Agence France Presse July 16, 2009.
"The situation [soldiers] are confronting is stressful enough as it is," said a Pentagon press official.
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.
ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. May 11, 2009.
Veterans urge members of Congress to vote no on the $94 billion supplemental war funding bill.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. May 7, 2009.
Rage spreads in Afghanistan after a U.S. bombing kills some 130 people; Meanwhile the Pentagon spins a cover-up and Obama readies more troops.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 7, 2009.
How many innocent civilians will die before the US changes its approach to this war?
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. May 6, 2009.
Capt. John Murphy led the prosecution of Salim Hamdan and is helping prosecute Omar Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 27, 2009.
Why progressives should dump the "war on terror" in favor of another frame.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. April 20, 2009.
Why more substantive debate and non-military solutions are needed in this war.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 13, 2009.
GOP up in arms over jobs losses only when it comes to cuts in defense spending.
Daniel Luban, Ali Gharib, IPS News. April 9, 2009.
The new budget proposed by Defense Secretary Gates is higher than any of the Bush budgets that preceded it.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. April 3, 2009.
"Two months in, everyone was coughing up black stuff. Three months, in my black stuff started to include blood."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 24, 2009.
One lawsuit challenges Obama's position on indefinite detention, calling it merely a "partial retreat" from Bush-era policies.
Eric Black, MinnPost.com. March 12, 2009.
Investigative journalist Sy Hersh dropped a bombshell revelation on Monday about international killings ordered under Bush.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 9, 2009.
The notion that U.S. military presence has definitively shaped the region has been thoroughly discredited.
Amy Goodman, AlterNet. March 4, 2009.
While leaders like Stephen Harper and Gordon Brown bend to the will of their constituents, Obama is staying the course.
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.
Ali Gharib, IPS News. February 18, 2009.
More troops mean more combat confrontations and a increased risk to the civilian population of Afghanistan.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. February 9, 2009.
President Obama supports a nuclear free world, but he faces a high noon showdown in the form of his own Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.
In a wide-ranging interview, veteran Paul Sullivan discusses Bush, Obama and the legacies of the Gulf War.
