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Fallon says Bush doesn’t want war with Iran
Vincent Rossmeier
In an interview, Adm. Fallon denies claims he was forced out of his job because he disagreed with the president over attacking Iran.
Looking for payoff in Iraq
Arnon Grunberg
Winning "hearts and minds" is in some sense like a seduction. But what happens if American largesse here runs out?
Former high-ranking Bush officials enjoy war profits
Tim Shorrock
Now working inside America's "shadow" spy industry, George Tenet, Richard Armitage, Cofer Black and others are cashing in big on Iraq and the war on terror.
Still silenced in Guant
Carol Chodroff
After years spent here, one prisoner pins his hope on a single phone call from the outside world -- if it ever comes.
The forgotten kid of Guant
Stacy Sullivan
A teenager captured in Afghanistan and shipped to the U.S. prison remained unknown to the world for five years. Now he's being tried as an adult.
Inside the Guant
Carol Chodroff
A bruised-up detainee rejects the proceedings, and his lawyer discovers that military officials withheld records about his client's mental health.
Pretty girls, and Bollywood starlets, get bullied, too
Kate Harding
An Indian actress's career is threatened by accusations that she had sex with soldiers in Afghanistan.
Joe Lieberman, ideological turncoat
Joe Conason
The senator's indictment of the Democratic Party is just as dishonest as his failure to discuss his own evolution as an ally of McCain's.
Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition
Alex Koppelman
The bill includes funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but an amendment on troop withdrawal is rejected.
Cry me a river
Anna Badkhen
In a tiny room in Baghdad, U.S. soldiers connect with their friends and family back home. Sometimes hearts break.
McCain’s amazing Iraq somersault
Joe Conason
The "straight talker" has trashed anyone who dared suggest a withdrawal date. Now he's floated one of his own.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
Joe Klein raises some questions about Barack Obama, the neoconservative establishment and Iran.
On armies, war and an aging Israel
Arnon Grunberg
As the country turns 60, a novelist reconsiders Zionism amid revealing encounters with the Israeli military.
The president’s great sacrifice
Alex Koppelman
Bush says he has given up golf in solidarity with soldiers in Iraq, but that claim seems somewhat fishy.
Was Karl Rove involved in the military analyst program?
Glenn Greenwald
Do DoD e-mails reveal the involvement of the White House, contrary to prior denials?
John McCain’s Vietnam-based view of war
Glenn Greenwald
An outdated belief in the unconstrained use of force and less domestic debate is the centerpiece of the GOP candidate's national security worldview.
Clinton and Obama on Al-Jazeera
Juan Cole
The Arab network has followed the Democratic race closely. Inside its studios, I discover how Clinton's "obliterate Iran" comment played, and much more.
Who’s the superpower now?
Michael T. Klare
As oil prices drain the U.S. of military power and influence, Russia is rising as a world force again.
Killing by the numbers
Mark Benjamin, Christopher Weaver
In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
Hillary Clinton’s big, brass … fortitude
Joan Walsh
She battled Bill O'Reilly (and won) while hammering away on her gas-tax holiday plan, critics be damned.
Thanks for the heroism … now get out!
Kate Harding
Army medic Pfc. Monica Brown received a Silver Star for bravery in Iraq. Then she got booted from her men's-only unit.
“Iron Man”
Stephanie Zacharek
Robert Downey Jr. gives this inventive superhero blockbuster its warm, glowing heart -- and makes it soar.
What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?
Compiled by Salon staff
With the pastor's latest invective clouding Obama's campaign, Salon turns to a panel of political and cultural experts for answers.
City of lost children
Heather Havrilesky
The PBS documentary series "Carrier" discovers conflict and camaraderie among the (shockingly young) inhabitants of the USS Nimitz.
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