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Iraq War: Mission Accomplished?

· Sunday, March 7, 2010 · 25 comments

Obama’s Afghanistan Speech

· Monday, November 30, 2009 · 3 comments

Quote of the Day: Congress Edition (Updated)

· Sunday, March 22, 2009 · 5 comments

Obama Ends Major Combat Operations in Iraq

· Saturday, February 28, 2009 · 6 comments

Obama Retakes Lead

· Thursday, September 18, 2008 · 35 comments

Maliki Cracks Down on the Sons of Iraq

· Wednesday, August 27, 2008 · 10 comments

Did the Surge Work? Who Can Say?

· Tuesday, July 29, 2008 · 101 comments

McCain Mocks ‘Audacity of Hopelessness’ in Iraq

· Friday, July 25, 2008 · 33 comments

Terrorists Are Like Cockroaches

· Thursday, July 24, 2008 · 50 comments

OTB Radio – Tonight at 7 Eastern

· Wednesday, July 23, 2008 · No comments

McCain: Effects Precede Causes in Iraq

· Wednesday, July 23, 2008 · 41 comments

Achieving Victory in Afghanistan

· Monday, July 21, 2008 · 12 comments

Iraq War Now Peacekeeping Mission?

· Thursday, July 17, 2008 · 8 comments

McCain and Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan

· Tuesday, July 15, 2008 · 6 comments

Obama’s Surge Purge Emerges, Demonstrates Nerve, Verges on Scourge, Reactions Diverge

· Tuesday, July 15, 2008 · 15 comments

Obama’s Plan For Iraq

· Monday, July 14, 2008 · 27 comments

Al Qaeda in Iraq Defeated?

· Sunday, July 6, 2008 · 37 comments

The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath

· Saturday, April 19, 2008 · 8 comments

Pentagon Budget: SNAFU

· Tuesday, April 15, 2008 · 1 comment

Measuring Success of the Surge

· Tuesday, April 8, 2008 · 19 comments

Petraeus Senate Testimony Cites ‘Significant but Uneven’ Progress

· Tuesday, April 8, 2008 · No comments

Petraeus Defiant in Senate Testimony

· Monday, April 7, 2008 · 20 comments

Basra Mess Proves Surge Success!

· Thursday, March 27, 2008 · 41 comments

Iraq Cease-Fire Over

· Wednesday, March 26, 2008 · 31 comments

Building Democracy, One Warlord at a Time

· Wednesday, March 26, 2008 · 3 comments

Iraq, Five Years On

· Monday, March 17, 2008 · 3 comments

Petraeus: Iraqi Leaders Not Making ‘Sufficient Progress’

· Friday, March 14, 2008 · 8 comments

How the Democrats Could Lose in November

· Tuesday, March 11, 2008 · 17 comments

Gates Pauses Surge Drawdown

· Monday, February 11, 2008 · 8 comments

Petraeus Next NATO Chief?

· Monday, January 21, 2008 · 7 comments

75% of Baghdad Secure, Up from 8%

· Friday, January 18, 2008 · 5 comments

Iraq Defense Minister: At Least 10 More Years of Occupation

· Tuesday, January 15, 2008 · 17 comments

Obama Surge? Or Polling Error?

· Monday, January 7, 2008 · 6 comments

You Call This a Victory?

· Thursday, January 3, 2008 · 5 comments

John Edwards’ Iraq Pullout Plan

· Wednesday, January 2, 2008 · 2 comments

Major Issues Remain Up in the Air in Iraq

· Thursday, December 27, 2007 · 1 comment

Iraq Police Fixable After All

· Tuesday, December 11, 2007 · 4 comments

Rove Sees Bush as 2008 Asset

· Tuesday, December 4, 2007 · 13 comments

Murtha: Surge is Working

· Friday, November 30, 2007 · 6 comments

Lindsey Graham May Back Maliki Alternative

· Thursday, November 15, 2007 · 4 comments

Winning the Iraq War?

· Wednesday, November 14, 2007 · 4 comments

Bush Surging to Comeback?

· Thursday, November 8, 2007 · 9 comments

Bill Richardson’s New Realism

· Wednesday, November 7, 2007 · 6 comments

Iraq War Over – We Won!

· Friday, November 2, 2007 · 8 comments

OTB Radio – Tonight at 7 Eastern

· Wednesday, October 24, 2007 · No comments

Missing the Forest for the Trees

· Wednesday, October 24, 2007 · 15 comments

Dumbledore Gay, Says J.K. Rowling

· Sunday, October 21, 2007 · 16 comments

12 Captains Urge Iraq Withdrawal

· Tuesday, October 16, 2007 · 10 comments

Washington Post: the Surge is Working

· Sunday, October 14, 2007 · 14 comments

Collection to Honor Fallen Soldiers

· Thursday, September 27, 2007 · 2 comments

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