Despite a recent hardening in U.S. negotiating rhetoric, and even though political jockeying and military posturing will increase in the coming weeks, U.S.-Iranian negotiations are on solid footing. [more]
A news leak that the Bush administration is thinking of accelerating the rate of troop withdrawals from Iraq coincides with one of the worst days for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001. A closer look at both situations. [more]
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