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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

Four generals who can’t shoot straight

Alex Seitz-Wald
A look at the startlingly poor track record of Afghan war commanders in the Obama era

The case against a “grand bargain”

Michael Lind
A deal that cuts entitlements would be bad for mainstream Americans. And besides, what's the rush?

A timeline of David Petraeus’ affair

Associated Press
Officials recount key events leading up to the former CIA director's resignation and FBI's knowledge of the affair

As David Petraeus turns

Jillian Rayfield, Natasha Lennard
UPDATE: David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill after being sneaked in through a series of underground tunnels

Petraeus story gets weird

Jillian Rayfield
An FBI agent investigating the woman who sparked the Paula Broadwell scandal allegedly sent her shirtless pics

Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels

Robert Burns
The Defense Secretary says Obama is close to a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan

In search of his son’s casualty report

Peter Sleeth
The army told Jim Butler his boy was killed by rocket-propelled grenade. Then he went searching for the truth

Time to commence “the Obama Games”!

@pourmecoffee
Dear Mr. President: A Hunger Games-style event would be your legacy. America needs this -- and so do you

Major hurdles remain to end veteran homelessness

Julie Watson
The Obama Administration has promised to eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015
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