Afghanistan News

US Army charges single mom who refused deployment

By theGrio

12:31 PM on 01/14/2010

SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, a 21-year-old Army cook from California, could face a prison sentence if she is convicted in a court-martial...

Single mom charged by Army for refusing deployment to care for infant son

By theGrio

12:55 PM on 01/13/2010

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, a 21-year-old Army cook, could face a prison sentence and a dishonorable discharge if she is convicted by a court-martial...

Five New Year's resolutions for President Obama

By David A. Love

9:45 AM on 12/30/2009

OPINION - With the first year of the Obama presidency now at a close, the White House should reflect on its successes and failures over the past year, and gear up for 2010.

In honoring veterans, Obama contemplates future casualties

By Michael E. Ross

8:30 AM on 11/11/2009

OPINION - President Obama confronts not only the sobering force of Veterans Day, but also the challenges directly tied to a pending decision which may involve asking thousands...

Breaking from the past to determine our future in Afghanistan

By Rev. Al Sharpton

10:00 AM on 11/02/2009

OPINION - Admitting that a very evident human sacrifice was going to weigh heavily on his decision in Afghanistan, Obama once again broke from the past.

A year later, Obama finds it's more difficult to lead than campaign

By Javier E. David

9:05 AM on 11/02/2009

OPINION - The excitement of President Obama's heady campaign has now given way to the practical and difficult challenges of governance. It remains to be seen whether the president is completely up to the challenge.

Obama does not deserve his Nobel Peace Prize

By Jason Ravin

11:50 AM on 10/09/2009

OPINION - The matter of international or domestic peace is the result of a body of work - not something accomplished in nine months.

Blacks will fall in line with Obama on Afghanistan

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

9:50 AM on 10/07/2009

OPINION - African-Americans will stick with Obama through the war. They will stick with him through health care. They will stick with him through hell, high water or the return...

In new tape, bin Laden calls Obama "powerless"

By theGrio via AP

8:49 AM on 09/14/2009

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

Did Obama overpromise on Afghanistan?

By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

8:00 AM on 09/04/2009

OPINION - Could Afghanistan become President Obama's Vietnam?

Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes

VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...