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C.M. Sennott

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U.S. joins the rest of the world, allowing gays to serve openly in the military

By C.M. Sennott | 10/21/10
Editor's note: Starting today, for the first time, the United States will allow its military recruiters to accept openly gay applicants, bringing to an end the long-running policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." In February, as part of our Rainbow P
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Taxpayer money funneled to Taliban

By C.M. Sennott | 10/01/10
BOSTON — A year-long probe into USAID funding in Afghanistan found that Afghan subcontractors have been funneling millions of dollars in taxpayer money to the Taliban, according to a report obtained by GlobalPost. The report concludes that Afgha
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Where gays do serve, openly, in the military

By C.M. Sennott | 02/04/10
BOSTON — In many corners of the world, the policy on gays in the military could be labeled this way: "Don't Ask, Don't Care." In the military establishments of more than 30 countries, including U.S.
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An effective weapon in the war on terror: women

By C.M. Sennott | 01/26/10
BOSTON — In Peshawar, Pakistan, the sermons of radical imams are carried on loudspeakers atop the minarets of mosques, and the words echo in the narrow streets.
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Ambassador Ryan Crocker says Obama must choose an AfPak strategy soon

By C.M. Sennott | 10/19/09
BOSTON — Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker's penchant for searing honesty even when it's not what the White House wants to hear earned him a nickname that has stuck. "Mr. Sunshine."
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Analysis: Al Qaeda, like all extremist movements, will inevitably implode

By C.M. Sennott | 09/30/09
Al Qaeda is very much on the run and wounded, albeit not yet dead.
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Obama stars on Letterman, tipping off his big week

By C.M. Sennott | 09/22/09
BOSTON — If you're a foreign policy junkie, this is your week. Even late night talk show host David Letterman understood that foreign policy and the global economy are the things to focus on with President Barack Obama.
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Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback

By C.M. Sennott | 08/10/09
On a dusty plain not far from the border with Afghanistan, mud-brick walls weathered by rain and time still mark the boundaries of what were once sprawling Afghan refugee camps.
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Taliban leaders report progress in secret talks with the U.S. and Afghanistan

By C.M. Sennott | 06/18/09
KABUL — Moderate leaders of the Taliban say they have quietly and steadily made progress in third-party talks between the active Taliban insurgency and representatives of the Afghan and U.S. governments.
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Pakistan turning a corner? The ground truth in Islamabad

By C.M. Sennott | 06/09/09
ISLAMABAD — The wounded cop lay in Surgical Ward Three with his head bandaged from the blast that embedded shrapnel in his skull, and he began to tell the story.