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Gen. David Petraeus, right, commander of Multi National Corps Forces in Iraq gets interviewed by Fox News Reporter Clurissa Ward, left, at the Al Shurja Market Place in the Rusafa area of E. Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 2007. (U.S Army Photo by SPC. Davis Pridgen) (Released). (Spc Davis Pridgen)

Petraeus blew $1 million on Iraqi water park

Justin Elliott
The celebrated commander used discretionary funds to build an Iraqi water park that is now in ruins
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Graham: Afghans must “earn” permanent U.S. bases

Justin Elliott
The Republican senator wants the American military in Afghanistan permanently -- but only if the locals "earn it"
U.S. President Barack Obama laughs with Vice President Joe Biden at an event for candidate Chris Coons, the Democrat running for a Senate seat against Christine O'Donnell in Wilmington, Delaware October 15, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

You know, 2010 wasn’t a bad year for Obama

Steve Kornacki
He was showered with cries of "Betrayal!" from some of his allies, but he achieved more than you might realize

10 from 2010: Our favorite Salon stories

Kerry Lauerman
One final look back at our own work, and what we liked best
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Afghan officials say Taliban commander killed

Elena Becatoros
The "shadow governor" of a northern Afghan province died in an overnight raid
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Fewer journalist killings in 2010

Angela Doland, Gabriele Steinhauser
Reporting from the battlefield is safer but covering crime, gangs and domestic strife is becoming more dangerous
REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT U.S. President Barack Obama meets with troops at Bagram Air Base, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) (Reuters)

U.N. maps belie claims of Afghan progress

Justin Elliott
Internal security documents show the situation in Afghanistan deteriorating, despite Obama's claims to the contrary
A servicemember greets his family at the airport.

Home for the holidays: Soldier reunions

Christopher R Walker
Get your hankies ready: Our favorite videos of soldiers returning home to their families
FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 picture shows copies of J.D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as his volume of short stories called "Nine Stories" at the Orange Public Library in Orange Village, Ohio. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, died Wednesday at the age of 91. At left is a 1951 photo of the author. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) (AP)

Final goodbye: Some who died in ’10

BERNARD McGHEE
A comprehensive roll call, from Byrd, Salinger, Redgrave, McQueen, Horn, Curtis to many more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside Ellingham Hall, the home of his friend, journalist Vaughan Smith, in Norfolk, England December 17, 2010. Assange said on Friday that he was the target of an aggressive U.S. investigation and feared extradition to the United States was "increasingly likely". REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MEDIA) (Reuters)

Yes, Julian Assange actually is a criminal

Michael Lind
Glenn Greenwald took exception to my characterization of the WikiLeaks founder. Here's why it's accurate
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Rome mayor: Device on subway couldn’t explode

Associated Press
Package found under a subway car had wires, pipes and explosive powder

The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page

Glenn Greenwald
Will the New York Times be treated differently than Julian Assange? Plus: Why Michael Lind is wrong
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. For an early idea of how the Democratic White House and emboldened House Republicans will get along next year, keep an eye on Biden and California congressman Darrell Issa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Joe Biden’s absurd Afghanistan promise

Justin Elliott
Biden says the U.S. will "totally" leave Afghanistan by 2014, but the real policy is not so simple
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., left, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, with Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, center, head to a news conference about the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" bill on an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Repeal would mean that, for the first time in American history, gays would be openly accepted by the military. Reid said a final vote would come at 3 p.m. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Senate ends DADT

Anne Flaherty
The President will soon sign a Congress-approved repeal of the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops
Peter King

The Republican congressman who supported terrorism

Justin Elliott
The GOP congressman launching an investigation of U.S. Muslims has his own history of supporting terror
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Judge: Assange does have desire to clear his name

Cassandra Vinograd
WikiLeaks founder is released to English country manor after nine days in jail for alleged sex crimes
President Barack Obama walks across Pennsylvania Ave., and back to the White House following his working meeting with business leaders at the Blair House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec., 15, 2010.(AP Photo) (AP)

Obama Afghan review: Stay the course

Justin Elliott
Administration's take on the Afghan war is thin on specifics and doesn't mention the soaring number of troop deaths
Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo. leaves a military court during a break in his court-martial proceeding Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at Fort Meade, Md. Lakin is being tried for allegedly refusing to deploy to Afghanistan because he does not believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States and therefore questions his eligibility to be commander in chief. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) (AP)

Birther Army doctor convicted

Justin Elliott
The lieutenant colonel who refused orders in protest of President Obama now faces serious prison time
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28 dead in Australian boat accident

Kristen Gelineau, Tanalee Smith
Vessel smuggling immigrants crashes into cliffs of Christmas Island after engine failure
A U.S. Marine waits in the moonlight for a helicopter to transport them home for leave from Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

What to know about Obama’s Afghan war review

Justin Elliott
In advance of a White House review of the war on Thursday and the inevitable spin-fest, some context
Muslims pray for rain after Friday prayers in Damascus on Dec. 10.

Terrorism is everywhere!

Stephan Salisbury
The next Congress will be filled with fringe Republicans all too eager to play the terror card on every issue
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, speaks on a panel at the No Labels conference in New York, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. Also on the panel is California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, left, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, second from left, and moderator Dylan Ratigan. Elected officials from across the country have started a new group, called No Labels, aimed at reducing political partisanship. The first meeting of the group attracted 1,000 attendees Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP)

What does No Labels really want?

Justin Elliott
Salon talks to John Avlon, co-founder of the well-funded "centrist" advocacy group that launched earlier this week
A supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, wearing a mask depicting him and a US flag on his mouth, partiipates at demonstrate outside theS wedish Embassy In central London, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 Assange remains in a U.K. jail ahead of a Dec. 14 hearing where he plans to fight Sweden's request to extradite him to face sex crimes allegations there. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Attempts to prosecute WikiLeaks endanger press freedoms

Glenn Greenwald
Journalists from around the world are slowly realizing what a threat such a prosecution would pose
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010, file photo Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, listens to questions during an answers and questions session in Kabul, Afghanistan. Holbrooke, a longtime U.S. diplomat who wrote part of the Pentagon Papers, was the architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace plan and served as President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, has died. He was 69. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File) (AP)

Richard Holbrooke’s last words

Glenn Greenwald
President Obama's envoy to the region urges an end to the war in Afghanistan
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