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Will Afghanistan Be President Obama's Vietnam?
With new commanders and a focus on counterinsurgency, President Obama is making Afghanistan “his” war. With al Qaeda now next door in Pakistan, what are the goals? Will Democrats agree they’re sustainable and worth the cost in troops and money? Also, Nancy Pelosi and torture, and the inside story of Tiananmen Square.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWith new commanders and a focus on counterinsurgency, President Obama is making Afghanistan “his” war. With al Qaeda now next door in Pakistan, what are the goals? Will Democrats agree they’re sustainable and worth the cost in troops and money? Also, what did Nancy Pelosi know about “enhanced interrogation techniques?” On Reporter's Notebook, the Communist Party chief ousted for trying to avoid blood in Tiananmen Square left a memoir. We hear what went on behind the scenes.
Banner image: Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of Kabul. Afghanistan's long years of unrest have produced a new generation of Islamic militants, armed with new ideologies, funds and warfare from the Al-Qaeda terror network. Photo, taken September 26, 2008: STR/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesWhat Did Nancy Pelosi Know about Torture?
Democrats and Republicans continue to battle over who knew what and when about so-called " enhanced interrogation techniques ." Nancy Pelosi today accused the Bush Administration of lying to Congress about when the CIA began to use waterboarding.
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The President is sending is more soldiers and changing commanders in Afghanistan.
Read the story35 minSecret Recordings Tell Real Story behind Tiananmen Square Crackdown
It's been almost 20 years since the Chinese government's bloody crackdown on student protests in Tiananmen Square. Now an extraordinary memoir from the Communist Party chief of the day, reveals what was going on behind the scenes.
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