AP – More than seven years ago, a suspected Afghan militant was brought to a dimly lit CIA compound northeast of the airport in Kabul. The CIA called it the Salt Pit. Inmates knew it as the dark prison.

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CQPolitics.com – Years ago, House Appropriations Chairman Jamie L.

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Politico – That Obama seems poised to plow ahead on a ambitious agenda is a testament to the pendulum of Washington politics – when you’re hot, you’re hot.

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AP – Under elaborate secrecy, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Sunday near the front lines of the increasingly bloody 8-year-ancient war he is increasing and affirmed America’s commitment to destroying al-Qaida and its extremist allies in the land where the 9-11 plot was hatched.

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AP – Fresh from a bruising victory on health care and a nuclear arms deal with Russia, President Barack Obama turned to a third campaign promise — victory and an honorable exit from Afghanistan. That could prove tougher than any challenge overcome so far, and the president appears to know it.

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