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News May 28, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The grim milestone was reached when NATO reported that a service member was killed Friday in…

News May 22, 2010

SLIDESHOW - Obama commended the cadets for serving the country and for setting a standard of service and sacrifice "as…

News May 18, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a U.S. convoy Tuesday, killing 18 people, including six…

News May 12, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama also declared his plan to begin withdrawing U.S. forces next year remains on track...

Politics May 5, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - There are encouraging signs and momentum in the once-stalemated war in Afghanistan, two top Pentagon officials said…

Politics April 14, 2010

OPINION - I am deeply distressed when a group of organized, active-duty personnel seem to suggest that a coup is…

Black History Month March 29, 2010

VIDEO - April 4 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 assassination, but it is also the…

News March 29, 2010

KABUL (AP) - President Barack Obama made a secret trip to Afghanistan, turning his attention back on the war and…

Sports February 1, 2010

TheGrio Reflects - In 1966, Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight champion of the world, was banned from boxing in the United…

News December 30, 2009

VIDEO - Afghan war veteran, Sgt. Sammy Washington, is going back to the war zone. To hear the sounds, see…

News November 11, 2009

OPINION - President Obama confronts not only the sobering force of Veterans Day, but also the challenges directly tied to…

News November 2, 2009

OPINION - The excitement of President Obama's heady campaign has now given way to the practical and difficult challenges of…

News September 14, 2009

CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden described President Barack Obama as "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan...

News September 4, 2009

OPINION - Could Afghanistan become President Obama's Vietnam?

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