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			<title><![CDATA[Bradley Graham -- McNamara Apologized for Vietnam. Will Rumsfeld Do So for Iraq?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Late in his life, Robert McNamara became a sad study in what can happen when a Pentagon leader eventually regrets taking a country into a disastrous war and attempts to atone. His belated acknowledgment of doubts and error in managing the Vietnam War came too late for many, and after his death last week he was remembered as a tragic and sorrowful figure. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[McChrystal Sees Afghan Army, Police Insufficient: Obama Strategy Requires More Funds, U.S. Troops]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the newly arrived top commander in Afghanistan, has concluded that the Afghan security forces will have to be far larger than currently planned if President Obama's strategy for winning the war is to succeed, according to senior military officials. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Releases 5 Iranian Officials in Iraq]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:33:59 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military on Thursday released five Iranian officials who were detained in January 2007 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding Iraqi Shiite militants, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and Iranian officials said. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexican Army Using Torture to Battle Drug Traffickers, Rights Groups Say]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ PUERTO LAS OLLAS, Mexico -- The Mexican army has carried out forced disappearances, acts of torture and illegal raids in pursuit of drug traffickers, according to documents and interviews with victims, their families, political leaders and human rights monitors.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845273" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845273" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Fainaru and William Booth]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-Head of Defense Firm With Murtha Ties Will Plead Guilty to Bribery]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A former executive of a Pennsylvania defense firm with close ties to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from a partner defense company and is cooperating in a federal investigation of Pentagon contracting, records show. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol D. Leonnig]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama and Medvedev Reach Agreement to Reduce Nuclear Arsenals]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ MOSCOW, July 6 -- President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reached a preliminary agreement Monday to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as much as a third while exploring options for cooperation on missile defense. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael A. Fletcher and Philip P. Pan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary, Architect of U.S. Involvement in Vietnam Robert McNamara Dies]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Robert S. McNamara, 93, the former secretary of defense whose record as a leading executive of industry and chieftain of foreign financial aid was all but erased from public memory by his reputation as the primary architect of U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam, died yesterday at his home in Washington. The family said he suffered a fall three years ago but did not provide a specific cause of death. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deadliest Day for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan in Year as Attacks Kill 7 Troops]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ NAWA, Afghanistan, July 6 -- Roadside bombings and a gun attack killed seven U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Monday, providing a grim reminder of the insurgency's resilience even as Marines moved to consolidate gains in their operation against the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845503" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845503" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Afghan-Pakistani Hostility Impedes U.S. Troops]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ ON THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER -- Lt. Gabe Lamois's mission sounded simple: Hike down the hill to the Pakistani Frontier Corps' border post, inform the commander there that U.S. and Afghan troops were going to be moving through the area at 3 a.m., and hike back up the hill. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[2 U.S. Troops Killed by Taliban in Battle in East Afghanistan]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ KABUL, July 4 -- Taliban fighters fired rockets and mortar rounds at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued a major anti-Taliban push. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[France Hopes to Jump-Start Its Arms Sales With New Iraqi Government]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ PARIS, July 3 -- France, which was an important weapons supplier to Saddam Hussein, has set out to revive its once-flourishing arms sales and training relationship with the new Iraqi government put in place by the United States. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Soldier May Be a Captive of Taliban Forces]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A U.S. soldier discovered missing yesterday from a small outpost in eastern Afghanistan is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants when he walked away from his base, military officials said.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845778" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111845778" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Troops Move Deeper Into Afghanistan's Helmand Province; One Marine Killed]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, July 2 -- Columns of U.S. Marines in eight-wheeled armored vehicles pushed deep into southern Afghanistan on Thursday in an attempt to cut off Taliban supply lines from Pakistan and restore order in areas long neglected by short-handed NATO forces. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajiv Chandrasekaran]]></dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marines Launch Mission in Afghanistan's South Focused on Security and Governance]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, July 2 --  Thousands of U.S. Marines descended upon the volatile Helmand River valley in helicopters and armored convoys early Thursday, mounting an operation that represents the first large-scale test of the U.S. military's new counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajiv Chandrasekaran]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ACLU Says Detainee Mohammed Jawad Was Tortured Into Confessions]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday accused the Obama administration of using statements elicited through torture to justify the confinement of a detainee it represents at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Del Quentin Wilber]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[District Community Events, July 2-9]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Says Key to Success in Afghanistan Is Economy, Not Military]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e98ebbc3f7c6d6c26b80071df96ec6f9</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- National security adviser James L. Jones told U.S. military commanders here last week that the Obama administration wants to hold troop levels here flat for now, and focus instead on carrying out the previously approved strategy of increased economic development, improved governance and participation by the Afghan military and civilians in the conflict. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Woodward]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iraq: 1st Pullout Deadline]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b871107a2cb123efa061135ed2c3c0bd</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Six years and three months after the March 2003 invasion, the United States has withdrawn its remaining combat troops from Iraq's cities, the U.S. commander here said, and is turning over security to Iraqi police and soldiers. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jubilation in Iraq on Eve of U.S. Pullback -- Withdrawal of Combat Troops From Cities Also Stirs Fear]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, June 29 -- Iraqis danced in the streets and set off fireworks Monday in impromptu celebrations of a pivotal moment in their nation's troubled history: As of Tuesday, this is no longer America's war. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ernesto Londoño]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Condemns Coup in Honduras but Makes No Firm Demands]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Obama said yesterday that the military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and could set a "terrible precedent," but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States government was holding off on formally branding it a coup, which would trigger a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid to the impoverished Central American country.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111847579" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111847579" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Beth Sheridan]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police Chief, Officers Killed in Clash With Afghan Security Squad]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e53eb5b5ffe42e918baaf8dbcfb3da63</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ KABUL, June 29 --  The police chief of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province was shot to death Monday in a violent melee between police officers and an elite Afghan security squad trained by U.S.-led coalition forces. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Constable]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fine Print: House Bill Would Sharply Raise Cost of Guam Realignment Project]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6797842085a695be2e1c1146fd19d3a0</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Alittle-publicized provision in the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill approved by the House last week would double the $10 billion cost of construction on Guam as part of the realignment of U.S. military forces in the Pacific. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Walter Pincus]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security, Pentagon Clash on Military's Role at Mexico Border]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military's role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departments. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[No Ban on Use of MRAPs by Troops in Iraqi Cities, U.S. Military Says]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD, June 27 -- The U.S. military said Saturday that its soldiers will not be barred from using mine-resistant armored vehicles during the daytime in Iraqi cities after Wednesday, a departure from guidance that officers and squad leaders said they received in writing in recent days.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111847906" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281111847906" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ernesto Londoño]]></dc:creator>
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