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FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2001 file photo, Osama bin Laden, left, and his top lieutenant Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, right, are seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast. 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/Al-Jazeera, File) (AP)

Osama wanted new name for al-Qaida to repair image

Matt Apuzzo
In his final writings, the terrorist leader lamented that the West was winning the public relations fight
FILE - This April 1998 file photo shows Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Federal authorities dropped terrorism charges against bin Laden in court papers filed Friday, June 17, 2011, formally ending a case against the slain al-Qaida leader that began with hopes of seeing him brought to justice in a civilian court. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan approved a request made by federal prosecutors to dismiss the charges — a procedural move that's routine when defendants under indictment die. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Report: Bin Laden courier’s phone provides leads

Associated Press
The cellphone reveals contact between al-Qaida and a militant group called Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen
(© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

Is Obama embracing unconstitutional powers?

David Sirota
A recent Hill article on Libya reveals the administration's disturbing disdain for checks on presidential authority
U.S. President Barack Obama (from 2nd L-R) smiles as he names U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey his pick to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy Admiral Sandy Winnefeld to be the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and General Ray Odierno to be the new Chief of Staff of the Army in an announcement in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2011. Also pictured is Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) (© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)

Our new language of perpetual war

Tom Engelhardt
From "victory" to "withdrawal," we look at nine words that have been redefined to justify our military actions
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Mullen sees risk in quicker Afghanistan withdrawal

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
"Only the president, in the end, can really determine the acceptable level of risk we must take"
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Primer: Reactions to Obama’s Afghanistan plan

Natasha Lennard
The president's announcement gets some approval abroad, but appeases neither war critics nor hawks at home
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Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
"The tide of war is receding" he declares in an address to Americans
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Afghanistan peace dividend in our time?

Andrew Leonard
President Obama announces the withdrawal of 33,000 troops. Can we focus on the domestic economy now?

Our nickel-and-dime slide to libertarian hell

Andrew Leonard
Proof of societal decline: A $5 fee if you don't print out your own boarding pass
**FILE** In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a Guantanamo detainee peers through his hands from inside his cell at the Camp Echo detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A U.S. appeals court has overturned a ruling, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. The men have been cleared for release from Guantanamo, but the United States will not send them home to China for fear they will be tortured. So they remain in prison while the U.S. figures out what to do with them. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) (Associated Press)

The true definition of “Terrorist”

Glenn Greenwald
Two Iraqi nationals are so branded for fighting against U.S. troops in their country
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
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