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Kelly Ayotte, Marco Rubio and Ron Johnson

Freshman Republicans want even longer Afghan war

Justin Elliott
New "fiscally conservative" GOP senators say the U.S. should extend the expensive Afghan war indefinitely
Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist: The conservative liberals can love?

Justin Elliott
The right-wing icon talks to Salon about his two new causes: Prison reform and getting out of Afghanistan
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Right: Jeh C. Johnson

Obama official: MLK would love our wars!

Justin Elliott
A top Pentagon official says the antiwar civil rights leader would support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shares a light moment with Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq early Thursday for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (AP)

Biden addresses U.S. troops in Baghdad

Lara Jakes
On first U.S. visit since new Iraqi Cabinet, Vice President promises to end war "responsibly"
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Surgery doctor at University Medical Center, describes in more detail the gunshot wound Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,received on Saturday, during a news briefing at UMC in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. If all goes well, she may be "out of the woods" on Friday, said Rhee. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (AP)

At Giffords’ bedside, good news keeps coming

Alicia Chang
Doctors say they're amazed at her progress as she emerges from a coma, is able to sit up and lift her legs
In this Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, holds the congresswoman's hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a political event in Tucson on Saturday. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) (AP)

Giffords is “one of the lucky ones,” say doctors

Alicia Chang
Few people who take a bullet to the brain -- just 10 percent -- survive such a devastating wound
President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (Associated Press)

One nation, as good as it gets

Joan Walsh
President Obama, Daniel Hernandez and a Tucson crowd remind us that e pluribus unum still makes sense
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) (Associated Press)

Right-wingers dodge responsibility

Gene Lyons
No, it's not exactly the fault of Rush, or Newt or Sarah. But they could at least show some introspection
The "balloon boy" hoax fooled the world for a while in 2009.

How to tame the media, not be tamed by it

Dan Gillmor
In the new landscape, we can't be passive anymore. We must be skeptical but open-minded, questioning everything
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Senators say military cyber ops not reported

Lolita C. Baldor
Vague exchange between Armed Services Committee and Pentagon suggests not all U.S. computer attacks were disclosed
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Is Lockheed Martin shadowing you?

William D. Hartung
How a giant weapons maker became the new Big Brother
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hand with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Biden says U.S. will not abandon Afghanistan

Tarek El-tablawy, Patrick Quinn
The vice president assured Hamid Karzai that the United States "won't leave in 2014" after handover
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (AP)

Assange: We’re stepping up release of leaked docs

Jill Lawless
The Wikileaks founder promises more revelations based on the group's stash of confidential U.S. embassy cables
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Just how many bases does the Pentagon have?

Nick Turse
No one has the answer to that simple question. But whatever the exact number is, it needs to shrink -- soon
A still from Jared Loughner's favorite video.

A violent song’s latest, ugly encore

Sarah Hepola
Loughner's favorite video features "Bodies," the metal score for violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gitmo and much more
FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. WikiLeaks said Saturday Jan. 8, 2011 that U.S. investigators have gone to San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to demand the private messages, contact information and other personal details of Julian Assange and three people associated with the secret-spilling website. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUT (AP)

Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info

Raphael G. Satter
A subpoena presses Wikileaks, Assange thinks that Google, Facebook are facing similar requests about his site
Sen. John Boehner and Robert Gates

Republican deficit hypocrisy off to a great start on defense spending

Alex Pareene
While the national debt is the most important issue in the world, we mustn't cut a single dollar from the Pentagon
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2010 file photo, National Guard security personnel watch as travelers make their way through Grand Central Station in New York. As the holiday tourist season begins in the Big Apple, there are reminders everywhere of how being the country’s main target for terrorism has gradually changed this city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (AP)

Report: Post 9/11 America still not safe

Adam Clark Estes
With the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 on the calendar this year, experts weigh in on the state of terrorism
In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, second from right, and Crew Chief Spc. Bryan Channon, of Okla., help U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, aboard a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

101st Airborne starts coming home after deadly tour

Kristin M. Hall
Commander says this marks the beginning of the return of 17,000 division soldiers deployed in Afghanistan
David Lyons in "The Cape"

“The Cape”: Why can’t TV do superheroes?

Matt Zoller Seitz
"The Cape," NBC's latest attempt to bring the popular genre to the small screen, fails in nearly every respect
An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet sits onboard the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier. (Reuters)

Does America really have the finest military in the world?

William J. Astore
The retired officer in me warms to the sentiment, but the historian in me begs to differ
Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops at Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool) (AP)

Obama sending more troops to Afghanistan

Justin Elliott
At the same time the White House insists things are going well, it is reportedly deploying another 1,400 troops
In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, and U.S. Amy Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, right, rush U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, across an irrigated field deep with mud to a waiting U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Gates sending 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan

Pauline Jelinek
Extra troops will supplement the 30,000 already in the country
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010, file photo House Speaker-designate John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the 112th Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions, or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

GOP 2011: Repeal, oppose, subpoena

Larry Margasak
Republicans look to use House advantage towards investigating Democrats, preparing for 2012
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