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Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 10:00 am

Seven years after 9/11, has Al Qaeda achieved its goals? And if so, does America need to rethink its post-9/11 strategy?

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Monday, September 10, 2007 at 10:00 am

Six years tomorrow. Six years since 9/11.
It’s getting to be a long time. Maybe now it’s time to look at where we’ve been. If Pearl Harbor galvanized the nation in one direction, 9/11 galvanized it in many. Pro-war, anti-war, right, left, and scattered center.
Politicians and pundits have analyzed how and why. Now the psychologists are [...]

 
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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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