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...after the primaries, you went back to South Carolina to talk about what you felt was a mistake you had made on the Confederate flag. Is there anything so far about this campaign that you wish you could take back or you might revisit when it's over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: John McCain Talks With TIME | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...lowest monthly toll since the war began, 18 have died so far this month). The Iraq economy, fueled by oil production, is on the upswing. The Iraqi army is growing in size and skill. And, in perhaps the biggest surprise of all, Washington has acceded to Baghdad's wish and tentatively agreed to pull all of its combat troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011. Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said this week that al-Qaeda is "in disarray" in northern Iraq and largely out of Baghdad. "There is a sense of normalcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Iraq War Winding Down? | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...yesterday. What does this mean for Afghanistan? Arrivals and departures don't matter much - unless we correct the institutions, unless we change the mind-sets that follow an old policy. For example, if Pakistan is using radicalism as a tool of policy for strategic depth in Afghanistan, well, I wish to tell them it won't work. The best strategic depth in Afghanistan is friendship, cooperation. Afghanistan is willing to build that kind of relationship: cooperation, not weaponry, not sanctuary, not undermining, not seeking a puppet state. That will not happen, period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The State of Afghanistan | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...Fatima knows the chances of her daughter returning to Chennai are slim, but she still dreams. "If she wants to come back we will embrace her," she says. "But if it is her desire to stay where she now is, we will only wish her well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stolen Children | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...increasingly harsh words with Islamabad over the past few months, alleging a Pakistani hand in Afghanistan's security problems. He was particularly pointed about Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency. "If Pakistan is using radicalism as a tool of policy for strategic depth in Afghanistan, well, I wish to tell them that it won't work," Karzai said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Karzai on Musharraf: Good Riddance | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

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