Cameron wants troops home from Afghanistan by 2015
BBC June 25, 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron has said he wants UK troops out of Afghanistan within five years. more
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Europe Backs New EU-US Data Sharing Deal
Spiegel June 25, 2010 The European Parliament is on the brink of a controversial deal on sharing bank transfer information across the Atlantic, pushed for by the US to track terrorist finances. The data sharing compromise will put an end to months of disagreement between the EU and the US. more
Trans-Atlantic Tiff Brewing Ahead of G-20 Summit
Spiegel June 25, 2010 The G-20 talks in Canada this weekend are to focus on shoring up the global economy but German commentators are not expecting much in the way of agreement. Ahead of the summit Germany and the US have been trading barbs about whether the best strategy is to save or spend. more
Can Obama and Petraeus Work Together?
Time June 24, 2010 It is amazing how quickly General Stanley McChrystal became an afterthought. It happened minutes after he was removed from command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for idiocy above and beyond the call of duty. He became an afterthought because of the brilliant, and in some ways diabolically clever, […]
Poland sets 2012 Afghanistan pull-out deadline
Reuters June 24, 2010 WARSAW, June 24 (Reuters) – Poland urged its NATO allies on Thursday to draft a new strategy for leaving Afghanistan and said it would bring its own troops home by 2012 regardless of what other countries decided. more