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Afghanistan and Pakistan, after Osama bin Laden
The killing of Osama bin Laden might lead to change in American strategy. Will it speed the pull-out of troops from Afghanistan? What will it mean for US-Pakistani relations?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe killing of Osama bin Laden might lead to change in American strategy. Will it accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan? What will it mean for relations with Pakistan, a nuclear power under suspicion of ties with terrorists? Also, the White House will not release photos of bin Laden, and trying to manage the Mississippi.
Banner image: A Pakistani man reads a newspaper displaying news of the death of Osama bin Laden at a stall in Lahore on May 3, 2011. The US closed two of its consulates in Pakistan to the public until further notice, a day after bin Laden was killed. Photo: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesWhite House Will Not Release Photos of bin Laden
The Obama Administration has decided not to release the death photo of Osama bin Laden despite remarks last night by CIA Director Leon Panetta. Today it appears that concern about possible backlash has persuaded the President not to release the photo after all. Michael Hirsch is chief correspondent at the National Journal .
Read the story7 minAfPak, after Osama
Osama bin Laden has been killed at last, but America's leaders are not saying "Mission Accomplished" in Afghanistan. Is al Qaeda still a threat in that country or is the Obama Administration's massive military commitment an example of "mission creep?"
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The Army Corps of Engineers is trying to manage the Mississippi River, the world's third biggest watershed after the Congo and Amazon. But blasting two miles of levees to ease a threat to Cairo, Illinois means flooding farms in Missouri, and there's rising concern down the river all the way to Louisiana and Mississippi.
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