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Sessions' war on pot could speed up legalization nationwide

Voices // 6 years ago

Sessions' war on pot could speed up legalization nationwide

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently clarified how the Trump administration intends to treat states that have legalized pot, which remains illegal on the federal level.

A decade of murder and grief: Mexico's drug war turns 10

Opinion // 7 years ago

A decade of murder and grief: Mexico's drug war turns 10

Mexico's drug war rages on, virtually unchanged. It is time to ask: What has the decade-long cartel strategy achieved?

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Coast guard sinks 30th drug sub

The U.S. Coast Guard said it intercepted a submarine used for smuggling drugs off the coast of Honduras, the 30th operation of its kind.

Outside View // 1 decade ago

Outside View: Vietnam 1963 and Afghanistan 2010

According to a strategic assessment of security operations in Afghanistan prepared by U.S. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) on Dec 9, 2009, the Taliban believe they are winning.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

McCaffrey shocks with Afghan totals

The American public is shocked by predicted U.S. troop casualties in Afghanistan, through reflections are based on ground conditions, a retired general said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

McCaffrey upbeat on Obama war plan

The international troop commitment to Afghanistan comes just in time, though the road will be long, notes retired U.S. Gen. Barry McCaffrey.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Corruption could undermine Afghan peace

A retired U.S. general says despite an increase in the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, political corruption could undermine any gains.

Top News // 1 decade ago

McCaffrey: Afghanistan a 'narco-state'

Former U.S. drug czar and retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey said Thursday illegal drug trade in Afghanistan is the funding source for al-Qaida and Taliban.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Al-Qaida in 2007 -- Part 1

It has been a mixed year for al-Qaida -- its franchise in Iraq looks increasingly isolated, and some U.S. observers are talking openly about it having been defeated; but in Pakistan and Afghanistan the terror group has reconstituted itself into a global threat.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Report: More Guard troops to go overseas

The U.S. Defense Department plans to deploy 12,000 more National Guard members to Iraq and Afghanistan, NBC News reported Thursday.

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Without more effective and non-corrupt Afghan political leadership at province and district level, Afghanistan may become a failed state hosting foreign terrorist communities with global ambitions
Corruption could undermine Afghan peace Aug 05, 2008

The Iraqi people have turned on (al-Qaida) because it overreached trying to impose an alien and harsh practice of Islam inconsistent with the more moderate practices of the Sunni minorit
Analysis: Al-Qaida in 2007 -- Part 1 Dec 26, 2007

I think this was all concealed until we got through the election
Report: More Guard troops to go overseas Apr 05, 2007

Within one year ... with no federal legislation, with no separate budget, no budget certification, (Ridge) will be relegated to running the speakers' bureau on counter-terrorism operations
Tasks, money going to Homeland Security Oct 12, 2001

ISAF is reinforcing just in time to rescue the deteriorating tactical situation
McCaffrey upbeat on Obama war plan Dec 09, 2009

Barry Richard McCaffrey (born November 17, 1942) is a retired United States Army General, news commentator, and business consultant.

He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the United States Military Academy, where he was the Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to 2005. He is also an NBC and MSNBC military analyst as well as president of his own consultant firm, BR McCaffrey Associates.

McCaffrey attended Phillips Academy, Andover. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (Class of 1964), and gained a MA in Civil Government from American University in 1970. He is also a graduate of Harvard University's government and business schools, the National Defense University, the United States Army War College, the Command and General Staff College, and the Defense Language Institute's program in Vietnamese.

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