MRAP

I intended to write this for my blog Saturday. CNN decided to publish it as an opinion piece.  You can also read it on CNN.com.The last of America's mine resistant…

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Nine years

The United States invaded Iraq nine years ago. On this anniversary, more violence.A string of deadly car bombings rocked Iraq Tuesday. Forty-three people died; 206 others were injured. The dead…

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Homs Rules

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez.On this day in 1971, Hafez Assad became president of Syria. More than 30 years later, the world is witnessing tragedy unfold in Syria at the…

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