Afghan 'soldier' shoots dead two Nato troops

sundaymail 30-DEC-11

New leader's unprecedented challenge

cnn 21-DEC-11

Obama Foreign Policy a Republican Target

IHT 07-DEC-11

Iran says wants relations with US, but not now

alertnet 29-OCT-11

Pakistan accused of double game

bbc 27-OCT-11

American and Pakistani forces launch joint attack on Haqqani Network

telegraph 19-OCT-11

Yemeni Jet Bombs Army Post, Killing 30 Soldiers

ABCnews 02-OCT-11

Karzai seeks peace talks with Pakistan, not Taliban

cnn 01-OCT-11

Awlaki killing sparks US warning

bbc 01-OCT-11

Killing of former Afghan President Rabbani imperils Taliban peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

news 21-SEP-11

Al-Qaeda 'Pakistan leader killed'

bbc 15-SEP-11

White House pulls $800 million in aid to Pakistan

latimes 11-JUL-11

Pentagon confident of Pakistan’s ability to protect nuclear assets

app 25-MAY-11

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar 'on the run after betrayal by Pakistan agents'

montrealgazette 24-MAY-11

Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's youngest son'

aljazeera 01-MAY-11

CIA boss to be new US defence secretary

aljazeera 27-APR-11

Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa 'could be first of many defections'

telegraph 31-MAR-11

Libya: Britain considers arming rebels

telegraph 30-MAR-11

Witness: Copters fire on Libya rally

cnn 19-FEB-11

Pakistan court bars release of U.S. official accused of double murder

latimes 01-FEB-11

:Requirements in Settling Afghanistan

watchingamerica 10-JAN-11

Israel planned to push Gaza Strip to 'brink of financial collapse' in bid to shatter Hamas, diplomatic cables reveal

dailymail 05-JAN-11

Peacemaking diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies at 69

cnn 14-DEC-10

Mossad keeps Iran as Israel's 'number one priority'

independent 30-NOV-10

NATO: Combat role in Afghanistan could pass 2014 (AP)

news 17-NOV-10

Chinese auto giant interested in exploring Pakistan market

app 12-NOV-10

Obama announces India trade deals

bbc 06-NOV-10

US explores India trade potential

aljazeera 05-NOV-10

Yemen launches anti-al Qaeda offensive

cnn 24-OCT-10

Attacks on British embassy, oil company in Yemen

cnn 07-OCT-10

US enhances train security amid travel warning (AFP)

news 05-OCT-10

India invites FM Qureshi for Commonwealth Games, talks

dawn 29-SEP-10

Pakistanis begin Ramadan with misery of floods

cnn 11-AUG-10

Documents leak leaves White House on defensive about Afghanistan policy

latimes 27-JUL-10

Al Qaeda to launch English-language online newspaper

telegraph 01-JUL-10

Norwegians killed in Afghanistan

bbc 28-JUN-10

Afghan strategy 'will not change'

aljazeera 24-JUN-10

US finds vast Afghan mineral riches

aljazeera 14-JUN-10

U.S. death toll in Afghan war reaches 1,000

latimes 28-MAY-10

U.S. offered crucial evidence in Pakistani meeting on Times Square plot

latimes 26-MAY-10

AP Exclusive: CIA tracks Al-Qaida moving from Iran (AP)

news 13-MAY-10

Suspect's father questioned in Pakistan

cnn 06-MAY-10

Man charged over NY bomb plot

RTERadio 04-MAY-10

Pakistan offers nuclear services

aljazeera 14-APR-10

Separate Gilani-Manmohan meeting in U.S. unlikely

Hindu 10-APR-10

'Israel closer to death if it attacks Gaza'

palestinepost 05-APR-10

Obama steps up pressure on Iran

bbc 04-APR-10

Militant linked to attack on CIA killed

latimes 18-MAR-10

Afghanistan: 17 dead in Kabul blast

RTERadio 26-FEB-10

More Afghan civilians killed in Helmand

euronews 23-FEB-10

The World from Berlin: Arrest of Taliban Leader a 'Trump Card' for Pakistan

spiegel 17-FEB-10

Why Taliban capture could be huge

cnn 16-FEB-10

2 US troops killed in Afghan blast

TheFrontierPost 23-JAN-10

McChrystal sells Obama war plan

aljazeera 03-DEC-09

Obama to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan

RTERadio 02-DEC-09

Obama vows to ‘finish job’ in Afghan conflict

ft 25-NOV-09

Blast Near Aid Office Wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

ABCnews 21-NOV-09

'US drone' targets Pakistan hideout

aljazeera 20-NOV-09

Official: Obama dissatisfied with Afghanistan options

cnn 12-NOV-09

Taliban calls for Afghan election boycott

channel4news 24-OCT-09

Questions about Al Qaeda's next move

latimes 19-OCT-09

US senator warns on Afghan troops

bbc 18-OCT-09

Afghan election watchdog alters fraud policy

ft 12-OCT-09

UN highlights Afghan poll fraud

bbc 11-OCT-09

Car bomb targets India embassy in Kabul

ft 08-OCT-09

Five U.S. troops among 50 killed in violence

washtimes 13-SEP-09

One dead para, one dead translator, two dead civilians: Why DID ministers authorise raid to save reporter who ignored warning

dailymail 10-SEP-09

Gen. McChrystal: New Strategy Needed in Afghanistan

ABCnews 31-AUG-09

Karzai's lead widens in ongoing vote count

washtimes 27-AUG-09

Afghan rivals claim poll victory

bbc 21-AUG-09

Pakistan to seek Mehsud DNA proof

bbc 10-AUG-09

Pakistan Taliban denies leader dead

aljazeera 08-AUG-09

Taliban head Mehsud 'may be dead'

bbc 07-AUG-09

Roadside bomb kills at least 12 in Afghanistan

dailymail 03-AUG-09

Clinton offers 'defense umbrella' for allies

washtimes 23-JUL-09

Deadly military crash in Pakistan

bbc 03-JUL-09

Pakistan can isolate extremists: Obama (AFP)

news 21-JUN-09

US drones kill nine in Pakistan militants

irishtimes 18-JUN-09

More clashes follow Iran election

channel4news 14-JUN-09

Militants raid Pakistan army posts

channel4news 11-JUN-09

Obama accused of neglecting India

ft 07-JUN-09

Sarkozy warns on Iran sanctions

ft 06-JUN-09

An Iranian family is impressed, but words on women's rights divide them

latimes 05-JUN-09

Pakistan deal with Taliban 'collapses' as convoy is attacked

telegraph 04-MAY-09

Pakistan continues Taliban crackdown

cnn 30-APR-09

'US missile kills 12 Pakistan militants'

independent 01-APR-09

President backing for US strategy

channel4news 28-MAR-09

Obama to send 4,000 more troops to Aghanistan, officials say

cnn 27-MAR-09

U.S.-Afghan mission kills 5

latimes 15-MAR-09

Interpol to aid Pakistan investigation of Mumbai attack

latimes 08-MAR-09

Displaced residents wait, hope cease-fire holds in Pakistan's Swat

cnn 24-FEB-09

Taliban Frees Kidnapped Pakistani Official

rferl 23-FEB-09

Pakistan ceasefire draws scepticism

ft 22-FEB-09

Taliban agree to 'permanent ceasefire' in Swat valley ... but only if Sharia law is imposed

dailymail 21-FEB-09

U.S.-led coalition kills 13 Afghan civilians

cnn 21-FEB-09

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Feb 16

alertnet 16-FEB-09

Pakistan: Arrests made over Mumbai attacks

cnn 12-FEB-09

US envoy arrives in Afghanistan

bbc 12-FEB-09

Taliban gunmen target Afghan ministry

channel4news 11-FEB-09

David Pilling The question is: which is the real Pakistan?

ft 11-FEB-09

Obama warns on Pakistan 'haven'

bbc 10-FEB-09

US Senate a step closer to passing stimulus bill

euronews 10-FEB-09

Laskhar as big a threat to US, UK as al-Qaida: CIA

timesofindia 08-FEB-09

Student flees Taliban in 'Pakistan's Switzerland'

cnn 03-FEB-09

Eradicating the 'Little Satan'

palestinepost 09-JAN-09

Could saber-rattling lead to war between India and Pakistan? (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 27-DEC-08

Indians warned to avoid Pakistan

bbc 26-DEC-08

India rules out Pakistan attack

bbc 16-DEC-08

Pakistan arrests head of group linked to Mumbai killings (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 12-DEC-08

An intractable crisis in Thailand

ft 05-DEC-08

Internet helps foster communication between Iran and U.S.

IHT 03-DEC-08

Mumbai police chief: No warning given of impending attack

cnn 02-DEC-08

Pakistan under pressure over Mumbai attacks

euronews 01-DEC-08

Mumbai attacks: Pakistani relations with India deteriorate

telegraph 28-NOV-08

Al-Qaeda link is not ruled out

ft 27-NOV-08

Islamabad tries to take military out of politics

ft 24-NOV-08

Brother of Afghan minister kidnapped in Pakistan

washtimes 02-NOV-08

Terror pledge after Pakistan bomb

bbc 21-SEP-08

Taliban seize government office in Pakistan

cnn 14-SEP-08

Gaddafi offers Rice kitchen diplomacy and locket

reuters 08-SEP-08

Gaddafi takes kitchen diplomacy approach with Rice

timesofmalta 07-SEP-08

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement

washtimes 05-SEP-08

Rice meets Gadhafi on historic Libya visit

cnn 05-SEP-08

Pakistan angry over territorial intrusion

ft 04-SEP-08

Six dead in fresh Afghan attack

bbc 21-AUG-08

Double-game that put Pakistan, the pariah country, back on the map

thetimes 19-AUG-08

U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan kill 36 militants

washtimes 16-AUG-08

President Musharraf of Pakistan to be impeached

thetimes 08-AUG-08

Pakistan to probe Indian embassy bombing in Kabul

washtimes 02-AUG-08

Palestinian PM seeks emergency funds from World Bank (AFP)

news 29-JUL-08

Iran 'may consider' U.S. diplomatic presence

cnn 02-JUL-08

Diplomats play down fears of Israeli attack on Iran (Reuters)

news 01-JUL-08

Consultants blaze trail through India's red tape maze (AFP)

news 22-JUN-08

Pakistan fury over U.S. 'hot pursuit' attack

cnn 12-JUN-08

CIA claims al-Qaeda victories

aljazeera 31-MAY-08

[ said]: This crash suddenly puts Afghanistan into the Iran crisis, which will make (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai very nervous and worried,

dawn 09-DEC-11

[-said]: Israel has a long history of conducting military operations from Baghdad to Tunis without giving Washington advance notice.

dawn 07-DEC-11

[ said]: That strategy made sense at the time but I think in the light of developments, it’s time to shift to a policy of engagement and containment,

tribune 06-DEC-11

[-said]: Obama knows a strike on Iran by Israel will create a regional war and a global economic meltdown that America will have to clean up,

alertnet 05-DEC-11

[ said]: Fishy, fishy, fishy,

ipsnews 05-DEC-11

[-said]: You have to have jet fuel delivered to Shamsi,

dailytimesPK 29-NOV-11

[ said]: Shamsi is a nice thing to have, but it’s not critical to drone operations. They can be carried out from bases in Afghanistan,

dailytimesPK 29-NOV-11

[ wrote]: America's relationship with Pakistan is crashing,

ipsnews 29-NOV-11

[-wrote]: Presidents from Kennedy to Bush have invited them to the White House for state dinners and intimate consultations,

indiatimes 25-NOV-11

[-told]: The charge that Zardari wanted US help in controlling the military has been seized upon by enemies of the civilian government. Ambassador Haqqani's accuser, Mansoor Ijaz, has a long track record of fabricating false information and self-promotion,

asiatimes 23-NOV-11

[ said]: The Pakistan army is using this invented scandal to oust a long-time critic and weaken the civilian government,

asiatimes 23-NOV-11

[-wrote]: would have a very disruptive impact on Israeli military planning and Israeli security,

csmonitor 13-NOV-11

[ said]: The detainee issue is pretty difficult to resolve. I don't think we or the Afghans feel a lot of pressure to conclude this (agreement) quickly,

trust 05-NOV-11

[-pointed out that]: I told the President Pakistan was double-dealing us and that the Pakistanis had been double-dealing the United States and its allies for years and years, and they were probably going to continue to do so.

financialexpress 04-NOV-11

[-pointed out]: I told the President that Pakistan was double-dealing the United States and its allies for years and years, and they were probably going to continue to do so.

rediff 04-NOV-11

[-commented]: Media feeds the flames

ynetnews 03-NOV-11

[ said]: Hezbollah will see an attack on Iran as a threat to their patron and there is a very good chance that they will initiate (another) Lebanon war only this time (with) even more rockets and missiles than in 2006,

ynetnews 03-NOV-11

[ warned]: An Israeli attack on Iran could ignite a regional conflict from Afghanistan to the Gaza strip,

ynetnews 03-NOV-11

[-noted]: Perhaps the spoiled assassination (attempt) against the Saudi ambassador would make the Obama government more sympathetic to an attack on Iran. If that's the case, they are making a very big mistake,

ynetnews 03-NOV-11

[ said]: Planning for troop levels in 2013 and 2014 is now in a preliminary phase,

news 01-NOV-11

[ said]: I don’t think anyone expects Secretary Clinton’s visit to produce reconciliation,

app 31-OCT-11

[ said]: I can't confirm or deny whether such a program exists or whether the president signed it, but it would be consistent with an overall American approach trying to find ways to put pressure on the regime,

palestinechronicle 29-OCT-11

[ says]: Our own intelligence was unequivocal,

bbc 27-OCT-11

[further states that:]: The generals who run Pakistan have not abandoned their obsession with challenging India… they have sidelined and intimidated civilian leaders elected in 2008. They seem to think that Pakistan is invulnerable because they control NATO’s supply lines…and have nuclear weapons

TheFrontierPost 27-OCT-11

[-said]: We thought these guys were the good guys,

cnn 26-OCT-11

[ said]: Karzai has always liked to feel he had a special relationship with the Americans beyond with the ambassador,

IHT 26-OCT-11

[-added]: I'm glad we didn't have boots on the ground,

cnn 26-OCT-11

[-said]: The aftermath of a very brutal dictatorship is usually very ugly,

cnn 26-OCT-11

[-said]: We must recognize that the two countries' strategic interests are in conflict, not harmony, and will remain that way as long as Pakistan's army controls Pakistan's strategic policies,

timesofindia 19-OCT-11

[-said]: policy of containment, which would mean a more hostile relationship,

timesofindia 19-OCT-11

[ said]: US options are limited as we don’t want a larger war in South Asia,

dailytimesPK 04-OCT-11

[ said]: doesn’t change the dangerous dynamic. The big picture is that the country is falling apart,

hurriyetdailynews 03-OCT-11

[ said]: US options are limited as we don't want a larger war in south Asia,

iol 03-OCT-11

[ said]: In short, AQAP's key players are still at large and very dangerous,

news24 03-OCT-11

[ wrote]: Even if Iran wants to try to improve its conventional military capability in the next few years and has the money to do so, the U.N. arms ban will make that close to impossible,

news 03-OCT-11

[-said]: What I keep seeing is that each part of the bureaucracy says we’ve got to get tougher on Pakistan, but not in my lane,

dailytimesPK 02-OCT-11

[ said]: I don’t see that we have a comprehensive new strategy on Pakistan in the works,

dailytimesPK 02-OCT-11

[ said]: doesn't change the dangerous dynamic. The big picture is that the country is falling apart,

CBC 02-OCT-11

[-said]: The drones are a double-edged sword,

ABCnews 01-OCT-11

[-said]: What I keep seeing is that each part of the bureaucracy says we've got to get tougher on Pakistan, but not in my lane,

arabtimes 01-OCT-11

[ said]: I don't see that we have a comprehensive new strategy on Pakistan in the works,

arabtimes 01-OCT-11

[ said]: This administration has made a very conscious decision that it wants to get out of large conventional-warfare solutions and wants to emphasize counterterrorism and a lighter footprint on the ground,

ABCnews 01-OCT-11

[-said]: But they have not developed a Plan B for dealing with Pakistani malfeasance and that is why they are now walking back Mullen's tough statements. DRONE STRIKES A bureaucratic turf war continues in the meantime, with the Pentagon defending military-military ties with Pakistan; the State Department pushing reconciliation talks with the Taleban and Pakistan-based militants; the CIA holding onto its contacts with the Inter-Services Intelligence agency; and the US Agency for International Development arguing pros

kuwaittimes 01-OCT-11

[-said]: There is a great deal of concern that the jihadi cadre now are going to be exporting their ideas and weapons toward the east and west,

news 30-SEP-11

[-said]: There is a great deal of concern that the jihadi cadre now are going to be exporting their ideas and weapons towards the east and west,

reuters 30-SEP-11

[ said]: I think what you're seeing here is a deliberate attack by elements in the Taliban to make Kabul look unsafe, that the capital of Afghanistan is not a safe place, that no one is secure there, including the head of the peace council and a former president,

cnn 20-SEP-11

[ writes]: Tensions between Islamabad and Washington,

dailytimesPK 16-SEP-11

[-blames]: it should only be a matter of time before al Qaeda strikes the US homeland again...

dailytimesPK 16-SEP-11

[ says]: The stakes are enormous,

upi 15-SEP-11

[-wrote]: Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. It will soon surpass the United Kingdom as the fifth-largest nuclear arsenal. It is the sixth-largest country in the world in terms of population,

upi 15-SEP-11

[-said]: some cooperation on interrogation of al Mauretani. But distrust has not gone away, nor has the fundamental difference in approach to terror,

reuters 15-SEP-11

[ said]: The bilateral relationship is still in deep trouble but the atmospherics are a bit better,

reuters 15-SEP-11

[-said]: Al Qaeda’s old core is badly wounded but still has powerful allies like the Pakistani Taliban that can serve as force multipliers,

tribune 09-SEP-11

[-said]: Al Qaeda's old core is badly wounded but still has powerful allies like the Pakistani Taliban that can serve as force multipliers,

trust 09-SEP-11

[ said]: The easy part is the rebellion,

latimes 23-AUG-11

[ said]: There will be no need for additional air operations. The no-fly zone hopefully can be lifted in the foreseeable future,

globalsecurity 23-AUG-11

[ said]: This winter, when the very serious demonstrations began and it looked like the regime might even be toppled at a certain point, their hiring of mercenaries went up substantially,

voanews 18-AUG-11

[ said]: Like him or hate him, he was a key political player in Kandahar and it will be hard to find someone to fill his role,

newschannel5 12-JUL-11

[ said]: Mr. Karzai has been the target of endless accusations about being a drug dealer and many other things,

newschannel5 12-JUL-11

[-said]: Contrary to some assessments, Pakistan is neither a failed state nor a failing state. It functions as effectively today as in decades past. Rather it is a state under siege from a radical syndicate of terror groups loosely aligned together with the goal of creating an extremist jihadist state in south Asia. They want to hijack Pakistan and its [nuclear] weapons,

guardian 11-JUL-11

[-said]: downward spiral,

latimes 11-JUL-11

[ said]: The notion that A. Q. Khan was doing all of this himself has always been ludicrous,

cnn 08-JUL-11

[ said]: We should not do this alone. We should get allies, especially the British, to help, since Pakistanis love to visit London and send their kids to school in the United Kingdom,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[-said]: On his watch, the ISI blew up the Indian embassy in Kabul and Benazir Bhutto was murdered by al-Qaeda. The UN investigation of Benazir's murder held the ISI as possibly culpable,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[-added]: Hafez Saed, head of Lashkar-e-Toiba and mastermind of the Mumbai massacre, lives and preaches openly in Lahore. Dawood Ibrahim, who killed hundreds with bombs on Mumbai's metro in 1993, lives in Karachi. There are no secrets here – the south Asian press reports their hideouts on a regular basis,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[ said]: We should tell the Pakistani army leadership that if we learn one of their officers is involved in harbouring terrorists, planning terror operations, or tipping terrorist bomb factories off to drone raids, we will make it personal,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[-said]: If Harakat helped Bin Laden, it is not hard to imagine that someone in the ISI knew that the world's most wanted terrorist was been hidden somewhere inside Pakistan,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[ said]: We should tell the Pakistani Army leadership that if we learn one of their officers is involved in harbouring terrorists, planning terror operations, or tipping terrorist bomb factories off to drone raids, we will make it personal,

financialexpress 06-JUL-11

[ said]: We should not do this alone. We should get allies, especially the British, to help, since Pakistanis love to visit London and send their kids to school in the United Kingdom ,

indiatimes 06-JUL-11

[ said]: We should tell the Pakistani army leadership that if we learn one of their officers is involved in harboring terrorists, planning terror operations, or tipping terrorist bomb factories off to drone raids, we will make it personal,

indiatimes 06-JUL-11

[-said]: The terrorist attacks on Mumbai came a month later, and we know the ISI helped plan that. Taj had the means and access in 2006 to help Bin Laden, and he is clearly a problematic partner. Not a smoking gun by any means, but suggestive,

expressindia 06-JUL-11

[ said]: I think he's going to get pushed on this,

reuters 23-JUN-11

[ says]: There is real danger of a top-down coup,

time 23-JUN-11

[-asked]: Are you prepared to be the intelligence adviser and not the policy adviser?

reuters 23-JUN-11

[-said]: We didn't get many insights on this troubled relationship which far more important than that with Afghanistan,

guardian 23-JUN-11

[-said]: Getting angry with it (Pakistan), getting frustrated with it feels good. But that's not a policy. Anger is not a solution to this problem. The solutions are not very good but anger is the least effective of them,

economictimes 16-JUN-11

[-said]: It may have engagement but it's engagement often with nothing inside of it. So my reading of the tea leaves is that not only does events on the ground argue that this relationship's going to get worse, bureaucratic changes and personnel changes in Washington probably will add to that tendency towards getting worse,

economictimes 16-JUN-11

[ said]: Rana is on trial, but in many ways the Pakistani army and Pakistani intelligence is on trial,

news 02-JUN-11

[-said]: They could have been just jottings. He probably got bored, like anyone else,

MailGuardian 31-MAY-11

[ said]: My understanding is that we are talking about something the size of a small college arts faculty library,

MailGuardian 31-MAY-11

[-told]: Chaos will only benefit AQAP,

focus 26-MAY-11

[ said]: Headley’s testimony is a nail in the coffin of US-Pakistani strategic cooperation,

dailytimesPK 25-MAY-11

[-said]: It's too little, too late to change the twist in U.S.-Pakistani relations,

ibtimes 25-MAY-11

[-said]: It's too little, too late to change the downward spiral in US-Pakistani relations,

thedailystarBD 25-MAY-11

[-said]: It's too little, too late to change the downward spiral in U.S.-Pakistani relations,

mailonsunday 25-MAY-11

[ said]: Headley's testimony is a nail in the coffin of U.S.-Pakistani strategic co-operation,

CBC 25-MAY-11

[ said]: is sure to press his case, but Petraeus will have a big say,

reuters 24-MAY-11

[ said]: Headley's testimony is a nail in the coffin of U.S.-Pakistani strategic cooperation,

CBSnews 23-MAY-11

[-says]: If we can delay the Iranian program, if we can upset Iran's terrorist activities through use of clandestine means, that's a far more effective and useful way of disrupting Iran's ambitions than having to send American forces into harm's way,

npr 11-MAY-11

[ said]: The spy war gets more personal and vicious every day,

latimes 10-MAY-11

[ said]: I think it is going to be a very strained and difficult relationship,

trust 05-MAY-11

[-told]: A political solution was always a long shot,

cnn 01-MAY-11

[-says]: If the Syrian government is toppled, in a revolution like Egypt's or Tunisia's, Iran will be the big loser, and the Iranian intelligence services will have lost a key ally in their ability to project power in the Middle East,

npr 29-APR-11

[-says]: And the Iranian intelligence service will probably be blamed,

npr 29-APR-11

[ said]: It’s hard not to see it having ramifications for the relationship. You had two administrations lobbying very hard with the Indians for what is the fighter jet sale of the 21st century,

app 29-APR-11

[-said]: That had never been a priority for the CIA. They wanted to chase al-Qaida,

AP 28-APR-11

[ said]: Petraeus is likely to come in and shake things up,

AP 28-APR-11

[ said]: I think simply because he's a party leader, he's going to hear the voices of those in the Democratic Party who are uncomfortable with the Afghanistan strategy in a way that Gates (did not),

news 28-APR-11

[-said]: I think what the president has chosen to do here is to emphasize continuity rather than a significant change,

news 28-APR-11