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Pakistan faces a growing opium scourge
May Wilkerson
The country's drug problem is expected to worsen when troops leave neighboring Afghanistan
Guantanamo death was suicide, US finds
Associated Press
Adnan Latif took an overdose of psychiatric medication in September, Defense Department confirms
Bradley Manning testifies
Natasha Lennard
The solider recounts harsh detainment; prosecution plans to use declassified material from bin Laden's computer
Can we stop worshipping American generals now?
William J. Astore
For those devastated by Petraeus' fall from grace, here's a newsflash: We enabled him with our sycophancy
Why Washington needs Joe Biden
Alex Seitz-Wald
Forget the goofy uncle image. Biden's the only senior official willing to dissent from the foreign policy consensus
America’s forgotten war
Andrew Gumbel
Historian Jon Wiener asks: If the Cold War was a great struggle the West won, then where are all the monuments?
“Red Dawn”: Dumbest ’80s remake ever?
Hugh Ryan
"Red Dawn" pitted Americans against Communists. A reboot casts the enemy as North Korea -- and it's absurd
Four California men charged in terror plot
Associated Press
FBI say the U.S. residents joined al-Qaida and planned "violent jihad"
Petraeus: American decline writ small
Tom Engelhardt
The former general was once billed as the man who could save Iraq. Maybe that's why his downfall feels so symbolic
America’s secret fracking war
Ellen Cantarow
It might not get as much media attention as the conflict in Afghanistan, but its stakes could be infinitely higher
Afghan president: US violating detainee pact
Rahim Faiez
American forces accused of continuing to capture and hold Afghans
Courage and malfeasance in Afghanistan: “Anyone we drop off will die”
Jake Tapper
Officers ordered an Afghanistan outpost built knowing it was vulnerable. Then the Taliban arrived and soldiers died
Oliver Stone: America is an “outlaw nation”
Andrew O'Hehir
The cinematic renegade talks about Obama, FDR, his new Showtime series and the myth of American exceptionalism
Shattering the Petraeus mystique
Jean MacKenzie
The former general's disgrace is being portrayed as a national disaster. Truth is he was no miracle worker
America’s nation-building hypocrisy
Nick Turse
For all the talk of starting at home, the US is still pouring billions into the Middle East. When will it stop?
5 glaring contradictions that sank the GOP
Robert S. Becker
Republicans will point to the country's shifting demographics, but they ultimately have only themselves to blame
David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive
David Simon
David Petraeus' resignation is more proof that the media's prurient fixation on sex is hypocritical and inane
The Petraeus story: Not a tawdry distraction from important news
Alex Pareene
Contrary to popular belief, the Petraeus scandal raises important questions about our national security apparatus
Bales could be executed
Sarah Amandolare
Would a death sentence for Sergeant Robert Bales let the military off the hook?
Prosecutors want death penalty for Afghan massacre soldier
Natasha Lennard
Sgt. Robert Bales is accused of killing 16 civilians, including nine children
Petraeus scandal: Idolatry pure and simple
Michael Shaw
Is it fair for the media to ascribe a sexual subtext to each of Broadwell's pics with the former general?
The real Petraeus scandal
Joan Walsh
Worse than the Petraeus affair? How a cyber-harassment complaint triggered a dragnet that toppled a CIA director
Some military scandals are far worse than others
Natasha Lennard
Following Petraeus, the New York Times worries about military leadership ethics and forgets to take rape seriously
Petraeus scandal widens, and the slut-shaming begins
Syreeta
Details are still trickling out, but that hasn't stopped the press from roasting Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley
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