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President Obama, on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq
On Tuesday, the United States will end combat operations in Iraq. On the eve of the momentous occasion, during his weekly address, the President...
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Infographic: Where Did the Money to Rebuild Iraq Go?
The Department of Defense is unable to account for the use of $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion it spent on reconstruction in Iraq. Source:...
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Stories that Shine: Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad and Beyond
Folk tales, Greek tragedies, age-old epics, and fables: stories are human currency, traded between people to forge friendships and alliances,...
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Transparency: Veterans Charged with Murder
In 2008, The New York Times published a stunning report on veterans who had come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and then were charged with...
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i wana make the world better! WHAT!
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The Hurt Locker Defused
The Hurt Locker was the big semi-surprise winner at the Oscars on Sunday; it depicts the harrowing life of U.S. Army bomb disposal crews. Some...
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Thou Shalt Not Kill (Unless Christ Endorses Your Gun)
This piece from the BBC is profoundly disturbing: Coded references to biblical passages are inscribed on gunsights widely used by the US and...
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When The Veterans Come Home
Of all the awfulness of war, the coming home part can be worse. Over the weekend, The New York Times featured an important story about the...
Technology
Oops: The Drones Got Hacked
This is a disturbing story. Those unmanned drones we've been using in Iraq and Afghanistan had some unforeseen security holes and got...
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Education Leads to Stable Democracies
Why has Argentina been unable to sustain a democracy? Why has establishing Iraq's been particularly dicey? According to the Harvard economist...
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Not Forgotten
The soldiers we have lost and will lose will not be forgotten. This is a quick few questions to approach this topic related to design. Please feel...
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Halve the U.S. deficit? Say what?
I have to admit, I was intrigued. I'm a Canadian, and I was intrigued.Obama's going to cut the U.S. deficit in half. In half! 50%!But I have to...
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Why Aren't People Paying Attention?
Please ignore my last post....So I was watching the Rachel Maddow show the other day and as a special gust she had on a soldier who had served at...
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GOOD Q&A: Chad Cress
One college student ditched class to photograph Iraq. Chad Cress is an aspiring photographer in his senior year at Biola University in La Mirada,...
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Drop Cows Not Bombs
So, the U.S. military has recently introduced a new preemptive tactic in the war on terror: Giving cows to the widows of Iraqis we've killed....
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Part 3: The Overcrowded Skies
There's a problem brewing over the skies of Iraq, and it's not weather related. Thanks to a new generation of cheaper, smaller robots, Iraqi...
Technology
Part 5: Legs With Brains
Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in...
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Part 6: A God's Eye View
The capture of the U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was one of the tensest incidents of the Cold War. In modern warfare, high-flying surveillance...
