Washington, D.C. – First the good news. The war in Afghanistan is being won. As our FOX News team saw on our most recent trip through the length and breadth of the country, the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies are being defeated at nearly every turn. Though military operations and police actions are being […]
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Defining Victory
Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 Defense Department appropriations bill, which sets up an independent, nonpartisan Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group (APSG) to provide recommendations for future U.S. military missions in the region. The measure, proposed by Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA), would establish a […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – There’s a lot of phony hype about how tough things have gotten for the Obama administration. Last month, the president’s party took “a shellacking” from Republicans at the polls. Those aren’t my words; they’re Mr. Obama’s. Since then, he’s been depicted as “politically wounded,” “forced to accept a new reality” and “pushed […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesThird in a series. Helmand Province, Afghanistan – For reasons not altogether clear to me, only brief snippets of FOX News Channel’s broadcasts are carried on the satellite signals available on U.S. military installations here in Afghanistan. That means if I want to watch the news over here, it has to be one of the […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesFirst in a series… Kabul, Afghanistan – Last week our Fox News War Stories team was on the U.S.-Mexico border documenting the tidal wave of violence and illegal activity on America’s “Southern Front.” This week we’re back in Afghanistan to detail what’s happening in the shadows of the Hindu Kush. The outcomes of both these […]
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