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Hoover Daily Report by topic: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

April 30, 2011 | Advancing a Free Society

Your AID Dollars At Work

At a time when USAID is asking American taxpayers to borrow 43 cents of every dollar we spend on foreign assistance, they need to perform an awful lot better than they have in Afghanistan to justify the money we are giving them...
April 13, 2011 | National Review Online

Yes, Libya Is Not Iraq

However each may turn out in the long run, Iraq in 2003 made sense; Libya in 2011 does not...
April 7, 2011 | National Review Online

Blame the Pastor?

Terry Jones is not responsible for those 43 deaths...
January 24, 2011 | Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)

State of the Union: Obama's chance to define the landscape of the U.S. economy and Afghanistan

The State of the Union address presents the last real opportunity before the opposition in Congress redefines the political landscape...
January 13, 2011 | Advancing a Free Society

We Are Not Leaving

Let us hope the Vice President has come to believe what he said in Kabul yesterday so that the Administration will see this war through to successful conclusion...
January 5, 2011 | Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)

The case for infrastructure projects

The Washington Post is running a series of articles highlighting failed projects funded by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan...Here are three points they ought to have addressed but did not...
December 16, 2010 | Thoughtful Ideas

Democratic Stability in Iraq: What About Christians?

On March 20, 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein. At that time about 1.4 million Christians lived in Iraq. Since then, about half have left the country, and a new wave of departures is likely following targeted killings of Christians and church bombings...
December 16, 2010 | Room for Debate (New York Times)

Obstacles to Leaving Afghanistan: The Deadline Problem

The most serious obstacle to reducing troops is that Afghanistan will not continue to make progress toward President Obama's objectives without our military there in large numbers to encourage and enforce gains...
November 19, 2010 | Works and Days

All The News That Is Unfit to Print

Here are a few important developments that remain strangely ignored. I say strangely, but most readers understand why some news becomes news and some does not...
November 16, 2010 | Advancing a Free Society

Karzai's Worst Enemy

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has damaged his own cause once again, this time criticizing the counter-terrorism operations of coalition forces...