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We need maps!

Peter Baker reports on the Administration’s decision-making process for the troop surge in Afghanistan in the excellent NY Times article, “How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan.” Nothing settles a disagreement like a good ole fashioned map-off.

After a meeting where the Pentagon made a presentation with impressive color-coded maps, Mrs. Clinton [...]

Families of Military Suicides Seek White House Condolences

“My last words to my son were, ‘Be a man and get through it,’” Mr. Keesling said. “I was the stupid dad. If my son had said, ‘Dad I’ve broken my leg, I can’t go on,’ I would have understood. But I didn’t understand the mental health side.”

Gregg Keesling, the father of a [...]