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Why Chuck Hagel terrifies hawks, GOP
David Sirota
His critics focus on his stances on Israel and Iran. They're really afraid he'd slash budgets and weapons systems
McChrystal regrets magazine flap was career-killer
Associated Press
The retired General says he was "completely surprised" by the uproar over his comments
Obama to nominate John Brennan to head the CIA
Julie Pace
The President will also nominate Chuck Hagel to be his next defense secretary
Obama to nominate Chuck Hagel as defense secretary
Prachi Gupta
The announcement is expected to come tomorrow
12 most despicable things Fox News did in 2012
Mark Howard
From producing its own anti-Obama video to spinning furiously on unemployment, the network had a banner year
We’d all be packing heat if the NRA had its way
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Even life and death are measured by profit margins, so the organization's cure for gun violence shouldn't surprise
Tim O’Brien tries to make sense of wartime chaos
Kyle Minor
Before writing "The Things They Carried," O'Brien offered this profound memoir of his year fighting in Vietnam
Clinton leaves hospital after treatment for clot
Josh Lederman
Doctors say Clinton is expected to make a full recovery after being treated for a blood clot in her head
US military deaths in Afghanistan top 2,000
Associated Press
As a result of the U.S.-led invasion, 2,043 troops have died since late 2001
Right-wing dreams of demented utopias
Michael Lind
It used to be liberals who wanted to remake society according to a theory. Now that's the looney dream of the right
The year of the suicide
Kera Bolonik
Suicide rates among Americans are steadily rising and have been for years. Why are we killing ourselves?
Why are neocons so down on Chuck Hagel?
Matthew Duss
As U.S. foreign policy has evolved, the ex-senator has adjusted his views -- and it's not sitting well with the GOP
Soldier suicides outnumber combat deaths
Natasha Lennard
In 2012, suicide rates worsened and 212 troops died in combat in Afghanistan
The CIA’s expanding contractor security force
Natasha Lennard
Global Response Staff, a secret security force created after 9/11, is illustrative of CIA militarization
8 striking parallels between the U.S. and the Roman Empire
Steven Strauss
Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America's side
13 bold predictions for Asia in 2013
Tom Nagorski
Will Psy produce a sequel to "Gangnam Style?" Will Kim Jong-un continue his bellicose ways? Only time will tell
4 killed near US base in Afghan suicide bombing
Associated Press
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, which left 3 Afghans dead in addition to the bomber
Andrew O’Hehir’s 10 Best Movies of 2012
Andrew O'Hehir
Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy!
“Zero Dark Thirty” is indefensible
Alex Gibney
As a director, I respect "Zero Dark Thirty's" artistry. But its underlying message is wrong -- and dangerously so
U.S. Intelligence emerges from the shadows
Tom Engelhardt
America's covert wars continue, but on a far grander scale than we ever could have imagined a generation ago
Record sales of guns in America
Ellen Connolly
Americans tried to buy 2 million guns in November this year, according to statistics from the F.B.I.
Guns have never saved us
Michael Lind
Second Amendment defenders misread history: Armed citizens did not win our freedom and would not protect it
Pentagon to send missiles, troops to Turkey
Robert Burns
They'll be fending off Scuds with Patriot missiles. Sound familiar?
Poll finds support for Elizabeth Warren’s “balanced approach”
Alex Seitz-Wald
As liberals fight for her "fiscal cliff" solution, a new poll shows Americans are open to it
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