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    <title><![CDATA[Middle East | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to bring the troops home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home#When:09:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Davis' remarks echo judgments made earlier by Marine Captain Matthew Hoh and Colonel Andrew Bacevich, and thousands of veterans of the Afghan war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T09:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Win Without War Statement on the Signing of U.S. – Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We are pleased to continue to hear President Obama express his support for ending the war in Afghanistan,” said Win Without War ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Companies Selling Drones to Undisclosed Foreign Governments]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov#When:09:30:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry told the Texas Independent that many countries in Latin America, led by Brazil, are using drones and ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T09:30:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;This Industry&#8217;s Voice on Capitol Hill&#8217;: The Drone-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex#When:11:48:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Atlantic cites Tom Barry for providing background information for their latest drone article]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T11:48:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. and Israel&#8217;s Threats Could Lead to Unpredictable Military Confrontation with Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation#When:12:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in the U.S. this week, the world’s attention has focused on the repeated threats made by both the U.S. and Israel to launch airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear research facilities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T12:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conscientious Quitter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter#When:10:50:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh spent years fighting in Iraq as a Marine, then he joined the State Department and was assigned to Afghanistan. What he saw there convinced him that the only thing he could do in good conscience was quit]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-23T10:50:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[February 20, 2012: Bring The War Dollars Home: Raleigh]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh#When:12:04:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh, February 20th, brought together 150 peace advocates to send the message for a need to reorder our priorities.  We need to “Bring Our War Dollars Home and Restore Our Communities"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-20T12:04:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the Real Truth about the War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan#When:09:44:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[An Army Lieutenant Colonel praised by superiors for his "devotion to mission accomplishment" says reports of "progress" in Afghanistan are Pentagon spin. We hear from him and others]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T09:44:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Officer Blows Whistle on Afghan War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war#When:11:00:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis just submitted a classified report to members of Congress, arguing that the Department of Defense has intentionally and consistently misled the American people and Congress when it comes to measuring progress and conduct in what is now America's longest war. Lt. Col. Davis and Matthew Hoh with the Center for International Policy discuss.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T11:00:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan 2013: America&#8217;s Next Groove]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove#When:10:32:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last night, former State Department official and US Marine Matthew Hoh, now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, and I had a very good discussion with Chris Matthews]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T10:32:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Seeks to End Combat in Afghanistan by 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013#When:10:35:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy and The Atlantic's Steve Clemons join Hardball to discuss the significance of the announcement]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T10:35:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bring Them Home - Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now#When:15:50:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Like a slow train coming,” said Matthew Hoh, a former Marine who resigned his Afghanistan post in protest and now is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:50:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tyrants or liberators?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators#When:11:23:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former US diplomat in Afghanistan Matthew Hoh, who resigned as a mark of protest against the US Afghan policy, stated that “the insurgency in Afghanistan (as it did in Pakistan) only arrived after the US troops did”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T11:23:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assassination Backlash]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash#When:17:01:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Matthew Hoh, the foreign service officer who quit in protest at the futility of the Afghan war, told me recently, "War is a breeding ground for]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T17:01:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians#When:16:57:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The killing of family members and neighbours who responded to night raids with weapons was already a major issue within the U.S. mission to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:57:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, 60s-era CIA Whistleblower, Addresses 200 People at ISU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu#When:12:25:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy and ex-CIA whistleblower, spoke Wednesday evening to a crowd of 200 people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T12:25:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War-Gaming the Defense Budget as Deadline Nears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears#When:12:24:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The hawks in this administration and at various think tanks would like to see a presence well beyond 2014,” said Matthew Hoh]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-18T12:24:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Petition Moved in SC to Recover Looted Wealth from Politicians, Bureaucrats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/petition-moved-to-recover-looted-wealth-from-politicians-bureaucrats</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/petition-moved-to-recover-looted-wealth-from-politicians-bureaucrats#When:17:06:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The petitioner made the following respondents]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:06:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former State Department Official Matthew Hoh Talks About Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan#When:12:38:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, who in 2009 famously quit his State Department post in Afghanistan to protest U.S. strategy there, spoke on August 11th as part of the Dallas Peace Center’s dinner lecture series, and he didn’t mince words about how he thinks the war in Afghanistan is going. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Future in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan#When:15:53:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We’ll spend this hour with former State Department official Matthew Hoh, who resigned his position in 2009 in protest of U.S.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T15:53:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[At a Crossroads in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan#When:16:25:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Matthew Hoh appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to talk about the US role ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T16:25:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeff Santos Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show#When:13:03:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh appears on the Jeff Santos Show to discuss the continued US role in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:03:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assassination in Afghanistan Creates a Void]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void#When:14:08:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A suicide bomber struck mourners in Kandahar today, further evidence that Afghanistan faces both increased]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T14:08:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh and Zaher Wahab speak in Oregon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon#When:14:25:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The last week in June, Peace Action West joined with groups around Oregon to present two ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-11T14:25:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Costs of War Website Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar#When:16:37:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States will spend a total of  $3.2 to 4 trillion paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project, including William D. Hartung.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T16:37:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military and Civilian Challenges in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan#When:15:40:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As America's longest war completes its tenth year, President Obama has promised a troop withdrawal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:40:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What about Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan#When:12:53:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This insurgency, as Matthew Hoh points out, "is composed of multiple, seemingly, infinite groups,"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T12:53:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh on Changing Course in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan#When:15:47:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Late last week I had a chance to sit down for a talk with Matthew Hoh. You might remember his name from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-16T15:47:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Will Bin Laden&#8217;s Death Affect the U.S. War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan#When:16:19:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The nation and world were caught by surprise on May 1, when President Obama unexpectedly appeared 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T16:19:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With Killing of Bin Laden, Why Are 50,000 U.S. Troops Still in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/with-killing-of-bin-laden-why-are-50000-troops-still-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/with-killing-of-bin-laden-why-are-50000-troops-still-in-afghanistan#When:16:29:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After two tours of duty in Iraq and serving in the State Department in Washington, D.C., Matthew Hoh ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T16:29:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Smell of Victory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-smell-of-victory</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-smell-of-victory#When:14:07:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Obviously, the operation that was successful did not require the military occupation of a nation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T14:07:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama fulfills Bush goal; U.S. plans to exploit new intel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-fulfills-bush-goal-us-plans-to-exploit-new-intel</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-fulfills-bush-goal-us-plans-to-exploit-new-intel#When:13:22:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But Matthew Hoh, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and the director of the Afghanistan Study Group, said removing]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:22:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bin Laden&#8217;s Killing Could Alter Af-Pak, Other Policies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bin-ladens-killing-could-alter-af-pak-other-policies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bin-ladens-killing-could-alter-af-pak-other-policies#When:13:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I am hopeful that this provides closure to the American public for 9/11, and that closure provides]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan — why America does what it does]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-why-america-does-what-it-does</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-why-america-does-what-it-does#When:13:27:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[He explicitly calls to “aid the six million Baloch insurgents fighting for independence from Pakistan in the face of growing ISI repression”.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-01T13:27:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-presidents-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-presidents-dilemma#When:13:40:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grass roots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T13:40:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Afghanistan could upend Obama’s reelection strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-afghanistan-could-upend-obamas-reelection-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-afghanistan-could-upend-obamas-reelection-strategy#When:13:46:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grass roots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T13:46:39+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Those worrying over Libya expenditure should question Afghanistan&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/those-worrying-over-libya-expenditure-should-question-afghanistan#When:14:29:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Those genuinely concerned about war costs need to go where the money is – Afghanistan ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-09T14:29:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burning Issue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/burning-issue</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/burning-issue#When:16:54:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Afghan protests continue in response to Qu'ran burning in Florida, Matthew Hoh marks the struggle]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-04T16:54:26+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[This Week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week-march</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week-march#When:17:02:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Director of the Afghanistan Study Group, Matthew Hoh, talks to us about why local governance can’t seem ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-03T17:02:39+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[War Stories: Promoting the war in Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-stories-promoting-the-war-in-libya1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-stories-promoting-the-war-in-libya1#When:17:07:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon, NATO, and others fight an information war to go alongside the real ones in the battlefield ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-25T17:07:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wake-up-end-the-silence-on-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wake-up-end-the-silence-on-afghanistan#When:15:14:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Unless the people force this issue from the grassroots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:14:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blue Dog Democrat Heath Shuler Votes For Speedy Afghanistan Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heath-shuler-votes-for-speedy-afghanistan-withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heath-shuler-votes-for-speedy-afghanistan-withdrawal#When:15:18:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It would be a great service to our country if someone like Rep. Shuler, a centrist or Blue Dog Democrat]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-22T15:18:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kill Team Photos, New Abu Ghraib?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kill-team-photos-new-abu-ghraib</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kill-team-photos-new-abu-ghraib#When:17:15:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Could this be the new Abu Ghraib scandal, or even worse? German newspaper Der Spiegel has ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T17:15:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GOP Leader Says U.S. Can’t Force Karzai on the Afghans, Backs Rapid Exit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cant-force-karzai-on-the-afghans-backs-rapid-exit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cant-force-karzai-on-the-afghans-backs-rapid-exit#When:15:23:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hoh told me that having our young men die or get maimed for the Karzai regime was more than]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-19T15:23:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[UN Reported Fraction of Afghan Civilian Deaths in US Raids]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/un-reported-fraction-of-afghan-civilian-deaths-in-us-raids</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/un-reported-fraction-of-afghan-civilian-deaths-in-us-raids#When:15:29:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Commanders are under pressure to find targets for these raids, because it has become a metric of success]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-18T15:29:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh testifies in front of Congressional Progressive Caucus Taskforce on Peace and Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-testifies-in-front-of-congressional-progressive-caucus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-testifies-in-front-of-congressional-progressive-caucus#When:17:17:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Progressive Caucus Taskforce on Peace and Security held a briefing on Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T17:17:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some House Dems Push Quicker Afghan Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/some-house-dems-push-quicker-afghan-withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/some-house-dems-push-quicker-afghan-withdrawal#When:15:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The idea that were going to have a conditions based withdrawal has a logical fallacy to it,” Hoh said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Case You Missed It]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/in-case-you-missed-it</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/in-case-you-missed-it#When:16:23:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's been a year since the US offensive in Marjah in Afghanistan but has anything changed? Matthew ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-18T16:23:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Budget Battles: Defending Defense Amid Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-budget-battles-defending-defense-amid-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-budget-battles-defending-defense-amid-cuts#When:16:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Saddam Hussein had a brutal government, but most Iraqis would prefer to have that than to have]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-18T16:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows from the Least Developed Countries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-financial-flows-from-the-least-developed-countries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-financial-flows-from-the-least-developed-countries#When:23:13:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Nations Development Program commissioned report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) on illicit financial flows from the Least Developed Countries was presented for discussion yesterday]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe & Russia, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-18T23:13:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report Measures the Cost of Crime, Corruption, and Trade Mispricing in Developing Countries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing#When:23:13:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) released its annual analysis of the cost of crime, corruption, and trade mispricing on developing countries today.  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-18T23:13:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeremy Scahill Testifies Before Congress on America&#8217;s Secret Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeremy-scahill-testifies-before-congress-on-americas-secret-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeremy-scahill-testifies-before-congress-on-americas-secret-wars#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, recently told me that the night raids are "a really risky, really violent operation"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Original Sin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-original-sin</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-original-sin#When:13:17:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Tehran charges that US Special Forces units are using bases in Pakistan for undercover operations inside Iran"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-02T13:17:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making Afghanistan Real]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/making-afghanistan-real</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/making-afghanistan-real#When:13:44:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Another four years of war—at the current rate—we’re talking about 2400 more coalition and American soldiers dying”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-22T13:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/americas-failed-war-of-attrition-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/americas-failed-war-of-attrition-in-afghanistan#When:13:40:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["A lot of times, yeah, the right guys would get targeted and the right guys would get killed," says Matthew Hoh]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-22T13:40:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Receives Money From Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-receives-money-from-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-receives-money-from-iran#When:17:04:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T17:04:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man Versus Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/man-versus-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/man-versus-afghanistan#When:14:20:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the future, for example, the Hindu Kush could form a border between Pashtunistan and a Greater Tajikistan. The Taliban]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T14:20:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US to Karzai on Afghan election: congratulations, now shape up]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-to-karzai-on-afghan-election-congratulations-now-shape-up</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-to-karzai-on-afghan-election-congratulations-now-shape-up#When:13:30:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's all been so mishandled, the elections and the leadership issues, but now that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-02T13:30:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expert Faults U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expert-faults-us-strategy-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expert-faults-us-strategy-in-afghanistan#When:16:36:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Well, the largest ethnic group are the Pashtuns, at least 42 percent. This is the ethnic group that has produced the Taliban. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-24T16:36:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/karzai-unlikely-to-claim-afghan-election-victory-soon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/karzai-unlikely-to-claim-afghan-election-victory-soon#When:14:15:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The idea of imposing a central government was a mistake from the beginning.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-16T14:15:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Vows to Boycott Nuclear Talks After U.N. Rebuke]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-vows-to-boycott-nuclear-talks-after-u.n.-rebuke</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-vows-to-boycott-nuclear-talks-after-u.n.-rebuke#When:16:41:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not at all. You know that on March 26th they said very explicitly that if even one word of criticism of their missile launch came]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-14T16:41:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Haven For Militants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-haven-for-militants</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-haven-for-militants#When:14:37:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They fought in those hills for years and they just couldn't control them," says Selig Harrison, the director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-16T14:37:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis Outside U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-crisis-outside-us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-crisis-outside-us#When:15:20:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, an expert on the region at the Center for International Policy, says further economic deterioration would exacerbate ethnic tensions and undermine already fragile support for the country's new civilian government. "From a U.S. point of view, the political fallout from an economic collapse would be very, very dangerous," he said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-30T15:20:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Economy Worries Experts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistans-economy-worries-experts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistans-economy-worries-experts#When:13:25:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["From a U.S. point of view, the political fallout from an economic collapse would be very, very ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-30T13:25:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysts Urge U.S. Policy Shift After Musharraf]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysts-urge-us-policy-shift-after-musharraf</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysts-urge-us-policy-shift-after-musharraf#When:13:38:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Musharraf played the U.S. "like a fiddle," Harrison says. For one thing, he says, the Pakistani leader]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-08-18T13:38:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bhutto-dealt-nuclear-secrets-to-n.-korea-book-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bhutto-dealt-nuclear-secrets-to-n.-korea-book-says#When:14:02:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bhatia "is credible on Bhutto. . . . He knew her very well and is a reputable Indian journalist."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-01T14:02:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The View From Tehran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-view-from-tehran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-view-from-tehran#When:14:18:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harrison said that in Washington “the focus of most discussions on Iran is the nuclear issue,” but in ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-14T14:18:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Press Briefing on U.S. Policy in Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/national-press-briefing-us-policy-iraq#When:14:00:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A resolution of the deepening crisis in Iraq can only be achieved through political negotiation and compromise. As most independent observers and analysts have pointed out and as the GAO report leaked this morning underscores - there has been little to no progress in this important regard since the surge began and there is little to no prospect that we will be any closer to a political resolution next April than we are today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-30T14:00:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Mercenary Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution#When:10:47:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the magnet now. Everything is being attracted to these private companies in terms of individuals and expertise and functions that were normally done by the intelligence community,” says former CIA division chief and senior analyst Melvin Goodman.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-15T10:47:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video: The Power of Nightmares]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares#When:14:03:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Melvin Goodman describes the beginning of the mythological "war on terror" under Ronald Reagan.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-06T14:03:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Gets Tough on Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-gets-tough-on-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-gets-tough-on-pakistan#When:14:26:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barak Obama's threat to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan has made that country an issue in the presidential campaign. Is it time to get tough with President Pervez Musharraf?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-03T14:26:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo and the Semantics of Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror#When:11:12:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a COHA interview with Jennifer Schuett of Washington’s Center for International Policy, she asserted that the operations at Guantanamo chronically have been conducted, under what is nothing more than a “façade of justice.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-10T11:12:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Human Rights in Islam]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam#When:11:51:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The same intractable problem has been created in Afghanistan, according to Selig Harrison, who was the long-time South Asia bureau chief at the Washington Post and is now Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-13T11:51:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selig Harrison&#8217;s Interview on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/selig-harrisons-interview-with-fareed-zakaria</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/selig-harrisons-interview-with-fareed-zakaria#When:14:42:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We speak with Selig Harrison, fresh from his visit to Tehran. Then, we preview a new documentary on unexpected beauty within prison walls.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-01T14:42:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt Pushing Baloch Towards Liberation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/govt-pushing-baloch-towards-liberation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/govt-pushing-baloch-towards-liberation#When:15:04:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Recalling the military operation in Balochistan in the early 1970s, he said there were about 5,000 Baloch casualties and according to American scholar Selig Harrison, the number of casualties of the army were about the same. He said the late Shah of Iran provided gunship helicopters to the government of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and spent Rs 10 million daily to contain the armed struggle in Balochistan. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-21T15:04:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charity Tied to Terrorist Group Offers Quake Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/charity-tied-to-terrorist-group-offers-quake-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/charity-tied-to-terrorist-group-offers-quake-aid#When:10:45:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is well-known that the infrastructure for the insurgent operations is based in Azad Kashmir [Pakistan-controlled Kashmir], which is the communication base among the militant groups, but the damage is still not clear," said Selig Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-12T10:45:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expert&#8217;s Proposed Constitutional Remedy for Balochistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-proposed-constitutional-remedy-for-balochistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-proposed-constitutional-remedy-for-balochistan#When:14:45:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[American scholar Selig S. Harrison in his famous book, “In Afghanistan’s Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations” published in 1981, said: “A glance at the map quickly explains why strategically located Baluchistan and the five million Baluch tribesmen who live there could easily become the focal point of superpower conflict.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-16T14:45:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-league-diplomacy-how-the-neoconservatives-are-putting-the-world-at-ris</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-league-diplomacy-how-the-neoconservatives-are-putting-the-world-at-ris#When:13:36:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney meet with the 9/11 Commission at the White House, we speak with former CIA and State Department analyst Mel Goodman about how the Bush administration is using military force, not diplomacy, as America’s main tool of foreign policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-04-29T13:36:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq Explodes in Violence as Sunnis and Shiites Rise up to Oppose U.S. Occupation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/iraq-violence-sunnis-shiites-us-occupation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/iraq-violence-sunnis-shiites-us-occupation#When:13:48:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with former CIA analyst Mel Goodman, a professor at the National War College and author of the book, "Bush League Diplomacy." Goodman assesses the dangers ahead for the U.S. military in Iraq, whose citizens are ever more hostile to continued U.S. occupation.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-04-13T13:48:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-CIA Agent on Cheney Iraq Speech: Longest Statement of Disinformation Ever Fed U.S. Public]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cheney-iraq-speech</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cheney-iraq-speech#When:14:09:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday attempted to restate the administration’s case for war at a speech at the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-07-25T14:09:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Looms as Nuclear Menace]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-looms-as-nuclear-menace</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistan-looms-as-nuclear-menace#When:14:22:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pakistan may become the world's nuclear pariah state, arming volatile Islamic nations such as Saudi Arabia with nuclear technology transfers, and continuing its support of Islamic militancy – if the U.S. fails to use its economic leverage over Pakistan's military strongman Gen. Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-06-04T14:22:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[War In Iraq: Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-in-iraq-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-in-iraq-intelligence#When:14:39:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and former CIA analyst, was online Friday, March 28 at 10 a.m. ET, to discuss the role of intelligence in the war.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-03-28T14:39:05+00:00</dc:date>
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