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CORRECTS DATE TO JUNE 15, 2010 - FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to set course for drawing down Afghan war

Julie Pace, Robert Burns
In Wednesday address, the president is expected to announce plans to bring roughly 10,000 American troops home
In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, June 19, 2011

Despite White House claims, Libya is a war

Jonathan Schnell
The Obama administration's justification for bypassing Congress depends on twisting the meaning of the word "war"
(AP Photo/Solomon Moore)

AP Source: Troop cut this year likely near 10,000

Robert Burns
President Obama will announce extent of Afghan withdrawal on Wednesday
FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to move U.S. closer to leaving Afghanistan

Julie Pace
The president will announce a plan today to bring thousands of troops home, starting next month
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a post-election news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) (© Larry Downing / Reuters)

Today in Endless War

Glenn Greenwald
We learn what Afghanistan "withdrawal" means; Obama's defenders attack him on Libya; and the Osama killing makes things worse
Clockwise, top left: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty

Why the GOP should nominate Barack Obama in 2012

Michael Lind
A modest proposal stemming from the president's apparent rejection of his own party's liberal tradition
A Guantanamo detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a "Life Skills" class inside the Camp 6 high-security detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Why bin Laden’s death should end the war on terror

Karen Greenberg
The White House has ramped up anti-terrorism efforts but it's time to put Bush's ill-conceived crusade behind us
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Public opinion and Endless War

Glenn Greenwald
Political elites expend substantial efforts to prevent anti-war sentiment from being heard: and for good reason
Pakistani truck drivers wait to cross the border to neighboring Afghanistan at the Pakistani border post in Chaman, Friday, June 17, 2011. About 300 Pakistani tribesmen briefly blocked NATO supplies and other traffic at a crossing along the border with Afghanistan on Friday to protest an alleged shooting incident, officials said. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid) (AP)

Pakistanis tip off militants again

Kimberly Dozier
Military officials in the country have reportedly relayed information to anti-American militant targets
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, addresses a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, unseen, as an Afghan Presidential bodyguard holds the Afghan flag, left, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Kabul that the "transition is on track" for the hand over of seven of Afghanistan's 34 provinces in July. Both Fogh Rasmussen and Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgent fighters to lay down their weapons and embrace an ongoing peace process. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

U.S. in peace talks with Taliban

Jon Gambrell, Ahmad Massieh Neshat
Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirms the negotiations
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts military fathers and their children for a screening of Disney/Pixar movie 'Cars 2' in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Obama rejects top lawyers’ legal views on Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The growing scandal over Obama's illegal war just got bigger and much more serious
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Boehner reasserted that the scandal surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, had become a distraction from the important work in Congress. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

White House: Boehner inconsistent on war powers

Julie Pace
Carney: Boehner's views "stand in contrast to the views he expressed in 1999"
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The Weiner resignation: our political system in a nutshell

Glenn Greenwald
The Congressman is forced out of office. Bush and Cheney - torture, illegal eavesdropping, Iraq -- were not

Global warming is burning down the American West

Chip Ward
As wildfires ravage Arizona and Texas, it's time for us to take action on climate change before it's too late
In this image taken from TV, showing rebel forces on the front line as they repel government troops, Sunday June 12, 2011, in Dafniya, Libya. as fighting continued on Sunday near Libya's main port of Misrata, a western redoubt of the rebels. Video of the battle shows rebels advancing down a road, firing automatic weapons, guns mounted on pick up trucks, rockets and heavy artillery. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT (AP)

Obama report on Libya fails to appease lawmakers

Julie Pace
Administration argues the president does not have to seek congressional approval for its role in NATO-led mission
FILE - In this 1998 file photo made available Friday, March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri, left, holds a press conference with Osama bin Laden in Khost, Afghanistan. Al-Qaida has selected its longtime No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, to succeed Osama bin Laden following last month's U.S. commando raid that killed the terror leader, according to a statement posted Thursday, June 16, 2011 on a website affiliated with the network. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File) (AP)

Al-Qaida names al-Zawahri as new leader

Hamza Hendawi
Osama bin Laden's successor is thought to be living somewhere near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
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Rep. Brad Sherman on the illegality of the Libyan War

Glenn Greenwald
The Democrat discusses his bill, passed by the House, to cut off war funds until Obama complies with the law
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaks during an interview with The Associate Press in his office at the Pentagon Monday, June 13, 2011 in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Gates says NATO alliance in danger of breaking

Robert Burns
Retiring defense secretary says strategic alliance's future is "dim, if not dismal"
In this Monday, May 16, 2011 photo, women learn tailoring at a training center of the Afghan Institute of Learning in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakena Yacoobi's AIL has grown from a few makeshift schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the mid-1990s to an organization running schools, women's learning centers, day care centers and clinics across seven of the 34 Afghan provinces. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

Afghanistan is ranked the most dangerous country for women

Natasha Lennard
An expert survey ranks the most perilous countries for women, but results should be viewed critically
FILE - This May 3, 2011, file photo, shows a view of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. U.S. officials briefed on the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan say the raid’s planners knew it was a one-shot deal. Those behind the raid predicted at the time that outrage over the breach of Pakistani sovereignty would make it impossible to try again if the raid came up dry. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed) (AP)

Pakistan denies army major’s arrest for CIA links

Munir Ahmed, Kimberly Dozier
Reports suggested the major was detained for copying license plates of cars that visited Osama bin Laden's compound
Osama bin Laden.

Linchpin in hunt for bin Laden back with al-Qaida

Adam Goldman
Bush administration released Hassan Ghul from a secret CIA secret prison in 2006, under pressure from Pakistan
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with troops at Bagram Air Base, December 3, 2010.

What line between civilian and military authority?

William Astore
An increasingly powerful Pentagon is taking over the culture of Washington
President Barack Obama speaks at the beginning of a meeting with the Jobs and Competitiveness Council at the corporate and U.S. manufacturing headquarters of Cree, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lighting. Monday, June 13, 2011, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Yet another illegal war — now in Yemen

Glenn Greenwald
A newly announced CIA bombing campaign is without a whiff of legal authority
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2011. NATO defense ministers shift their focus from Libya to Afghanistan during talks on Thursday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP)

Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance

Robert Burns
"Future U.S. political leaders ... may not consider the return on America's investment in NATO worth the cost"
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