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        <title>War in Afghanistan (2001-present)</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-08 08:33:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. should speed Afghan pullout]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-20 04:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[From media accounts, the war in Afghanistan has hit a disturbing snag which was precipitated by President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks following the U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit, when he accused the Taliban terrorists and America of being...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-12 18:28:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:  

Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that &ldquo;the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress&hellip;It is my task,&rdquo; he...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[There's a connection between school shootings and America's culture of violence]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-14 05:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There is a connection between the disheartening events of Baltimore County students bringing weapons to school and the violence we see overseas ("School safety promised," Sept. 12).

We are the richest, most powerful nation in the world. We are also the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama's full remarks]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-06 20:56:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Below are President Barack Obama's full remarks as prepared for delivery at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday night.

Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[War everywhere but on the campaign trail]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-19 12:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day.

About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Afghan killings point to the limits of an all-volunteer army]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-03-27 03:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The American soldier accused of massacring 17 people in a solo rampage on a remote southern Afghanistan village faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Whisked out of the country by the Army, he is now being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kan....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-20 07:42:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 pct]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 19:02:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on
Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan
and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his
plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 19:05:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country.

The president asked for $79.4...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 01:19:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[KABUL (Reuters) - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview.

Moscow,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-15 15:14:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan &mdash; After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....]]></description>
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