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PUBLIC MARKS from willf with tag Afghanistan

February 2010

Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (AP via Yahoo! News)

Charlie Wilson, a former congressman from Texas whose appropriation of Afghanistan’s insurgency to a Soviet Union was chronicled in a film as well as book “Charlie Wilson’s War,” died Wednesday. He was 76.

Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (USA Today)

Charlie Wilson, a former U.S. congressman from Texas whose appropriation of Afghanistan’s insurgency to a Soviet Union was chronicled in a film “Charlie Wilson’s War,” has died. He was 76.

December 2009

Robert Creamer: Obama, Progressives and Afghanistan (The Huffington Post)

Like most Progressives, we disagreed with President Obama’s preference to enlarge a series of American infantry deployed to Afghanistan. But Progressives contingency not lose…

October 2009

Media Advisory: Minister Oda to Deliver Opening Remarks at Conference on Education for Afghan Women and Girls in ... (Marketwire)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Oct. 1, 2009) – At 9:00am upon Saturday, Oct 3rd, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation as well as Vice-Chair of the Cabinet Committee upon Afghanistan, will br...

September 2009

General McChrystal's Plan for Afghanistan (Newsweek)

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal believes he can win in Afghanistan. It’s a rest of a universe which needs convincing.