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Taliban suicide bombs in Kabul show insurgent resilience

Associated Press
Despite recent overtures of peace from the U.S. and Afghan government, two attacks in one week hit the capital

Obama misleads over end to war

Natasha Lennard
In his inaugural address, the president hailed end to decade of war, while apparatus for perpetual war is cemented

Obama’s best days are probably ahead

Steve Kornacki
His second term could produce the broad, sustained popularity that eluded him in his first

Obama II: Older, wiser, stronger

Joan Walsh
Standing up to the three Ns – the NRA, Norquist and the neocons – the president guaranteed us a better second term

Obama sworn in at White House ceremony

Julie Pace AP
"I did it," Obama whispered to his youngest daughter, Sasha

Is Afghanistan worse than Vietnam?

Paul Waldman
With U.S. troops scheduled to withdraw in 2014, a look at some key statistics from America's longest running war

Obama, Biden sworn in at intimate ceremonies

Associated Press
The president and VP will repeat the ritual for the public Monday, but had to first take the oath on Jan. 20

American dead in Algerian hostage crisis

Associated Press
100 foreign workers are free but the fate of about 30 more remains unclear

“ZDT” gets the CIA wrong

Nada Bakos
And not just in its torture scenes. A former operative weighs in on the year's most controversial movie

Hollande gambles on Mali victory

Paul Ames
French society frowns on military intervention, so why is its president adopting the rhetoric of George W. Bush?

7 Chomsky quotes that expose the American empire

Laura Gottesdiener
A look back at some of the most incisive remarks from one of the nation's most controversial thinkers

Aid groups can’t reach key Mali town

Associated Press
Mali's military claimed control of Konna after battling Islamists, but humanitarian aid is blocked

Vietnam was even more horrific than we thought

Jonathan Schell
Nick Turse's new book "Kill Anything that Moves" reveals that massacres like My Lai were downright common

US citizens among hostages seized in Algeria over Mali

Associated Press
Islamist militants attacked and occupied a BP-operated natural gas complex in Algeria in revenge for Mali

French boots on the ground in Mali

Associated Press
A land assault will be under way "within hours" as troops head towards radical Islamist occupied territory

5 biggest threats to the globe in 2013

Michael Moran
From the Arab Winter to the euro crisis, a look at what will cause war, strife and economic turmoil this year

Obama, Karzai agree to speed up military transition

Julie Pace, Robert Burns
U.S. troops will shift fully to a support role this spring said the president

7 ways “Zero Dark Thirty” excuses torture

Karen J. Greenberg
The best picture nominee is a celebration of George W. Bush's most destructive policies

5 ways Obama is just like George W. Bush

Alex Kane
From drone strikes to proxy detentions to warrantless wiretapping, he's kept the U.S. on permanent war footing

US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

Robert Burns, Ap
The Pentagon believes thousands of troops should remain, but Obama administration says total withdrawal an option

Officials: US may leave no troops in Afghanistan

Robert Burns
Administration officials said Tuesday that all of the troops could be out of Afghanistan in December 2014

5 terrifying facts about John Brennan

Alex Kane
Obama's tapped a man for the top CIA post who has supported drone strikes, torture and extraordinary rendition

Have we really learned the lessons of Vietnam?

Nick Turse
The media rarely discusses it, but civilian suffering has defined the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Chuck Hagel nomination: Obama rebukes Bushism

Michael Lind
Obama has reversed Bush's foreign policy in style and substance -- but it may not be enough
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