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Is Afghanistan 'the Forgotten War?'
In Afghanistan, US troops are not just fighting, they're building infrastructure in places too dangerous for civilian reconstruction teams. Also, the President signs a new energy bill, and there's new leadership in South Korea.
In Afghanistan, US troops are not just fighting, they're building infrastructure in places too dangerous for civilian reconstruction teams. With violence worse than it's been since defeat of the Taliban in 2001, is a major Bush-Administration achievement slipping away? Also, President Bush signs a new energy bill, and despite a brewing financial scandal the former CEO of Hyndai has been elected President of South Korea. Will North Korea be more or less likely to give up nuclear weapons?
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