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U.S. “Military Intelligence” Shift

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It's musical chairs at the highest levels of government ... but will any of the changes make our nation safer? Or win the war in Afghanistan? Or bring terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden to justice? Don't hold your breath ... As U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates prepares to step down from

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Gates To Leave Pentagon

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As America's war effort in Afghanistan approaches a critical juncture, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is making plans to leave his post. Gates will retire "by the end of 2011" according to a magazine article published Monday. "I think that by next year I'll be in a position where, you know,

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Wikileaks Versus The White House

By FITSNews || While the nine-year Afghan War rages on, a new battle is brewing over the release of classified military documents by whistleblowing website Wikileaks. The documents - all 92,000 of them - have yet to be thoroughly analyzed even though they were released on an embargoed basis several

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McChrystal Relieved Of Command

By FITSNews || U.S. President Barack Obama relieved insubordinate Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command over NATO forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday - a move that threatens to destabilize the American war effort just as the "Afghan surge" reaches its apex. "I welcome debate," Obama said. "but I won't

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General Disses Obama Administration

By FITSNews || U.S. President Barack Obama has summoned his top general to the White House to discuss a Rolling Stone article in which unflattering comments were made about senior administration officials by the general and his staff. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - who was placed in command of all NATO

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FITS Evening Post: Blasts, Ice, Spiller, Etc.

For those of you who are colorblind - or afflicted with chronic cocklaphobia (fear of hats) - we'd like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to our new holiday "flair."  Specifically, we've got a delicious minty green background going on ... and our founding editor's sexy cartoon caricature

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US Ambassador: No Troop Surge In Afghanistan

The United States ambassador to Afghanistan says that America should not increase its troop strength in the war-torn nation, warning that the scandal-plagued administration of President Hamid Karzai is not a suitable "long-term strategic partner." Karl Eikenberry, a retired Army general who commanded

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After Leak, Obama Ponders Afghanistan Shift

U.S. President Barack Obama is considering a "shift in strategy" for the war in Afghanistan after a leaked military assessment wrestled Washington's attention from the debate over socialized medicine to a debate over U.S. military policy. The only problem? Obama's proposed shift is not the one his

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