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• Witness to History

  …joke, and propping it up would be repeating history. In the July 1965 White House meetings that led to a major escalation of U . S . troops , several participants acknowledged the incompetence of the South Vietnamese government. Still, all of Johnson's military advisers …

  By Charles Peters

  11/20/2009Culture
• Opportunity Cost: Studying Health Care's Sticker Shock

  …3 trillion. But since spending peaked in 2008 ($141 billion), the war budget has dropped as violence receded and American troops began pulling out. At least in terms of funds from Congress, and despite the treasure already expended, expenses for …

  By Andrew Bast

  11/19/2009Blogs
• Options on the Table

  …small amount of additional American troops that would be tasked largely ……troops A major role that American troops will play in the coming ……to go. It would spread American troops out across Afghanistan in ……Afghan forces, 100,000 U . S . troops , and 30,000 NATO soldiers …

  By Andrew Bast

  11/11/2009International
• Beware the Revisionists

  …he first decided to send combat troops in 1965. (Article continued below...) Let me be clear: more than 58,000 American troops died because they were sent into battle based on false assumptions, flawed goals, and faulty strategies. Yes, we adopted smarter …

  11/07/2009Politics
• Misplaced Fears

  …it will be interesting to see, for example, how attitudes change if and when Barack Obama announces the next buildup of U . S . troops in Afghanistan and twists German arms to follow suit. But for now, Germany is very comfortable in the shadows. In 2006 Germany …

  By Matt Frei

  10/29/2009International

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