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In Pictures: Celebrities entertain the troops
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Readers Write: Herman Cain, Rick Perry tax plans fall 'flat'; Europe soul searches
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of December 5, 2011: One reader takes down Herman Cain's and Rick Perry's flat-tax plans, arguing that a progressive tax is the only fair, functioning policy. Another reader says that Europe's debt crisis is forcing a generation to rethink 'real value.'
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Unmanned drone attacks and shape-shifting robots: War's remote-control future
The Pentagon already includes unmanned drone attacks in its arsenal. Next up: housefly-sized surveillance craft, shape-changing 'chemical robots,' and tracking agents sprayed from the sky. What does it mean to have soldiers so far removed from the battlefield?
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In Pictures: Celebrities entertain the troops
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/18
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In Pictures: On base in Kandahar
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/30
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In Pictures: Fighting at night
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Terrorism & Security
Afghanistan war: Kandahar hit by two car bombs
Two large car bombs exploded in Kandahar Thursday night killing two Afghans and wounding dozens.The attacks come ahead of a major NATO offensive in the Afghanistan war.
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In Afghanistan war, government corruption bigger threat than Taliban
Warlords and government corruption may destabilize the country even more than the Taliban, say Afghan and NATO officials. The city of Kandahar reflects this central problem of the Afghanistan war.
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No more Burger King on Afghanistan base? Soldiers grumble.
The US military may shut down ‘nonessential’ fast food joints like Burger King at their largest air base in Afghanistan. Soldiers lament the loss: 'Do they think we have it easy in this war zone?’
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Afghanistan troop surge could be a slow rollout
Any surge of US troops to Afghanistan is likely to be tougher than it was in Iraq, because of the dearth of good roads and airfields, say defense officials.
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In Pictures: Drones: America's unmanned Predators
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