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Former President Jimmy Carter and President Barack Obama

How a president loses his party’s base

Steve Kornacki
Is Obama in Jimmy Carter territory yet?
A still from "Armadillo"

Pick of the week: The greatest war film ever made?

Andrew O'Hehir
Spectacular and troubling, "Armadillo" follows a group of Danish soldiers into a gruesome Afghan firefight
President Barack Obama shakes hands with military officers after he spoke about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

The secret militarism of Obama’s defense spending cuts

David Sirota
The Pentagon would take on an even greater share of spending. Is this what Americans really want?
United States' Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts during the informal meeting of the NATO foreign ministers in the Foreign Ministry in Berlin Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP)

Clinton: NATO nations agree that Gadhafi must go

Matthew Lee, Geir Moulson
NATO allies have agreed they must oust the Libyan leader, but plans vary on how it should be done

How I almost lost my marriage in a war zone

Selma Kalousek
As a Times correspondent, Ian thrived on danger, but the job he loved was tearing our family apart
President Obama returns to the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

How America conducts foreign policy

Andrew J. Bacevich
Obama's administration, like those of his predecessors, blindly embraces military "solutions"
Shilo Thompson and Brandon Walker, both aircraft mechanics with the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, load an AFM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at Ali Air Base, Iraq, on July 9, 2008. The Predator provides integrated and synchronized close air combat operations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson, U.S. Air Force. (Released) (407th Air Expeditionary Group Pu)

How the U.S. kills civilians in Afghanistan

Justin Elliott
Report shows how drones can be involved in the killing of civilians -- and how little is known about such incidents
FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss GOP efforts to create jobs and cut spending. The dilemma facing Boehner to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and avert a government shutdown is to get the overwhelming majority of votes to come from fellow Republicans, even if dozens of easily attainable Democratic votes could help carry the budget bill to victory. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Government shutdown now less than 40 hours away

Andrew Taylor
A Wednesday night summit fails to produce an agreement. Now the GOP floats a one-week extension
A Blackhawk helicopter with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, commanding general of U.S. Forces in Iraq, on board taxis on the tarmac after Gates' arrival Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in Baghad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool) (AP)

Gates says Iraq can keep some US troops

Robert Burns
Defense Secretary Gates told Iraqis they must decide whether they want a continued US military presence or not
President Barack Obama answers a question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

The real reason we rushed into (another) war

Ned Resnikoff
The influence of the rich extends far beyond economic and fiscal policy
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy

Bad influences: JFK, Ike and Obama

Michael Lind
The war in Libya is a reminder of how the current president embodies the worst traits of two of his predecessors
An Afghan protestor beats a burning effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a rally in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Afghan protests against the burning of a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstration in the major eastern city Sunday, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) (AP)

Did a Quran burning really cause Afghan violence?

Peter Finocchiaro
Many blame a Florida pastor's desecration for dozens of deaths in Afghanistan. Is it more complicated than that?
In this photo released by CBS, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., talks about the possibility of a government shutdown over a budget impasse and U.S. military action in Libya on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington Sunday, April 3, 2011. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES. (AP)

The most uncounted cost of Endless War

Glenn Greenwald
Two senators suggest formal action to punish Pastor Jones' speech -- and show the uncounted cost of endless war
Afghan protestors beat a burning effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Afghan protests against the burning of a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstration in the major eastern city Sunday, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) (AP)

Quran protests spread to turbulent Afghan east

Rahim Faiez, Rahmat Gul
Third day of protests ignited by Florida Quran burning rages on, spreads outward
Afghans shout anti- US slogans during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April 1, 2011. Eight foreigners were killed on Friday after demonstrators protesting a reported burning of the Muslim holy book stormed a United Nations (UN) office in northern Afghanistan, opening fire on guards and setting fires inside the compound, a top Afghan police official said. Right banner says 'there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger' and the center banner says 'long live holy Quran'. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Nine dead in Afghan protests over Quran burning

Amir Shah
Desecration at Florida church ignites two days of violent protests halfway across the world
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Quran-burning blowback: 7 killed in Afghanistan

Associated Press
Demonstrators storm a U.N. office after hearing reports that a Quran was burned by a Florida pastor

Pick of the week: Jake Gyllenhaal in the cool, romantic “Source Code”

Andrew O'Hehir
The "Groundhog Day"-style action flick "Source Code" blends a tricky three-level plot and a surprising love story
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Question for Juan Cole

Glenn Greenwald
In 2005, he argued "young men who advocate a war must go and fight it." Does that apply to Libya?
A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces starts landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan rebels pushed back from Gadhafi hometown

Ryan Lucas
Opposition overwhelmed by government firepower in strategically important city of Sirte.
President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Barack Obama: We’re in Libya to prevent a massacre

Alex Pareene
The president explained, as best he could, why we're there, but couldn't quite explain how we'll know when to go

Will Obama violate the arms embargo in Libya?

Justin Elliott
The administration suggests it may send weapons to the rebels, raising thorny legal questions

My Afghan family obligations

Cary Tennis
As the eldest son, how long must I support my sisters, parents and relatives back home?
A 31st Fighter Wing United States Air Force F-16 jet fighter comes into land at the Aviano NATO airbase, in Aviano, Italy, Friday, March 25, 2011 with a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the 437th Airlift Wing in the background. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (AP)

NATO to assume command of Libya air operations

Slobodan Lekic
U.S. military to hand off control of operations to NATO after eight days of intervention
A Libyan rebels carries rockets on a checkpoint on the frontline near Zwitina, the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

The most troubling reports about the Libyan rebels

Justin Elliott
The opposition includes former Gadhafi loyalists and, potentially, Islamists
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