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  February 26, 2013, 5:33 pm

White House defends progress of Afghan forces

By Carlo Muñoz

On Monday, the White House pushed back against claims DOD oversold progress being made by U.S. and Afghan against the Taliban, saying the country is still on track to  take over security for the country once U.S. troops leave in 2014. 

"Afghanistan is increasingly capable of taking care of its own security and ultimately will be responsible for its own security," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday. 

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  February 26, 2013, 4:24 pm

House lawmaker sees slippery slope in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz

The recenrt ouster of a several U.S. special operations teams from Afghanistan could be the beginning of increased restrictions against American troops that may end up putting U.S. lives at risk, according to a top House Republican. 

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  February 25, 2013, 4:46 pm

Report: Taliban continue offensive against Afghan intel agency

By Carlo Muñoz

For the second time in as many months, Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers launched a string of attacks against Afghanistan's fledgling intelligence directorate in an attempt to crush the nascent agency before U.S. and NATO combat forces leave the country next year. 

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  February 22, 2013, 7:04 pm

Sequester plan could derail Afghan postwar plans, says Defense secretary

By Carlo Muñoz

An effort to bolster Afghanistan's military and national police ahead of the American troop drawdown could fall apart.

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  February 20, 2013, 4:00 pm

Pentagon informs Congress of plans to furlough 800K civilian workers

By Jeremy Herb

Civilian employees could face up to 22 days of furlough through the end of the fiscal year in September.

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  February 19, 2013, 1:13 pm

GOP senator: Drones memo 'fraught with constitutional problems'

By Daniel Strauss

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) disputed the Obama administration's legal reasoning in a memo that outlines when the United States can carry out a lethal drone strike on an American citizen.

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  February 18, 2013, 3:21 pm

Karzai bans Afghan forces from requesting US, NATO airstrikes

By Carlo Muñoz

Karzai, who instituted the ban on Monday, did not provide specifics on what circumstances would allow use of allied airpower.

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  February 11, 2013, 6:04 pm

Afghanistan cannot afford to maintain security forces, says GAO

By Carlo Muñoz

As U.S. and NATO forces begin the long process of winding down the 11-year war in Afghanistan, the country's central government will not have enough funds to properly equip and maintain its national army and police forces by the time Western forces leave the country, according to U.S. government officials. 

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  February 11, 2013, 4:59 pm

Report: First batch of US equipment begins filtering out of Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz

Scores of containers holding tons of U.S. military equipment began filtering across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Monday, representing the initial signs of the massive American withdrawal from the country, set to wrap up by next year.

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  February 7, 2013, 2:27 pm

Grassley demands wider release of secret DOJ drone memos

By Carlo Muñoz

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says his panel should have access to the classified legal documents. 

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