Jan 6, 2011
The Nation, by Greg Kaufmann, January 3, 2011 [An interview with Michael Shank, senior policy adviser for Congressman Michael Honda, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s Afghanistan Taskforce] Shank came to DC after ten years of development work in...
Dec 9, 2010
The Pentagon Continues to Overpay for Everything; Let’s Fix It Wednesday 08 December 2010 by: Dina Rasor, t r u t h o u t | Solution In the first “Solutions: Making Government Work” column, editor Dina Rasor outlines an essential first step toward...
Dec 3, 2010
Overcoming the Obstacles to Peace in Afghanistan Foreign Affairs, by Greg Mills and David Richards, November 24, 2010 Following the 9/11 attacks, Washington opted for a troop-lite approach to removing the Taliban in Afghanistan. Over the next four years, the civilian...
Nov 30, 2010
The Dallas Morning News, Jim Landers, 12:00 AM CST on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s point man for winning the economic war in Afghanistan is coming to Dallas to tell local business leaders that jobs in farming and mining are key to...
Nov 13, 2010
NYT, By JAMES DAO, November 12, 2010 Damon Winter/The New York Times The First Battalion, 87th Infantry travels with Eric Imerman, left, who is teaching agriculture in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz. CHAHAR DARA, Afghanistan — When President Obama gave his...
