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		<title>Upcoming Event: Empowering Local Village Elders and Women in Afghanistan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Empowering Local Village Elders and Women in Afghanistan Please join us to hear by detailed presentation by Claire Russo, a former U.S. Marine officer, as she discusses her efforts in RC-East to improve local dispute resolution by empowering local village elders. She will also discuss the role of Female Engagement Teams in Afghanistan as part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=140&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Kimberly Kagan and Research Director Marisa Cochrane Sullivan discuss Iraqi Elections (VOA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Kimberly Kagan and Research Director Marisa Cochrane Sullivan discuss Iraqi Elections (VOA) March 11, 2010 After a discussion about the recent Iraqi elections, ISW President Kimbery Kagan and Research Director Marisa Cochrane Sullivan sat down with Voice of America&#8217;s Meredith Buel to discuss possible implications and outcomes. Filed under: Iraq Election, Iraq Project, Uncategorized, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=131&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Sea Change in Pakistan?&#8221; by Jeffrey Dressler and Reza Jan (SWJ)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Sea Change in Pakistan?&#8221; by Jeffrey Dressler and Reza Jan, Small Wars Journal, 12 March 2010 View the PDF on the Small Wars Journal Pakistani forces have seized a number of high-ranking Quetta Shura Taliban (QST) leaders in recent weeks. Pakistan has actively supported the QST in Afghanistan (which it created in 1995) as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=125&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Elections: Is This Democracy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi Elections: Is This Democracy? You are cordially invited to a briefing for young professionals regarding the outcomes of the March 7th Iraqi elections, hosted by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) on the evening of Thursday, March 11. Regional experts will offer their analysis on the electoral process, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=111&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Forum-Evaluating Iraq’s Future after Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evaluating Iraq’s Future after Elections On March 7th, an estimated 18.9 million registered Iraqi voters will participate in the country’s second parliamentary election, facilitating what could be their most important transfer of national power. Even if the elections are free and fair, fluctuating coalitions vying for ministerial positions could make the political landscape in Iraq [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=109&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Moshtarak: Preparing for the Battle of Marjah</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Backgrounder is the first installment in a series of reports documenting and analyzing the battle for Marjah in Helmand province. Introduction Operation Moshtarak (Dari for “Together”) is the first major offensive for U.S., coalition and Afghan forces to employ the new reinforcements ordered by President Obama in December of 2009. The mission is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=97&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Moshtarak: Taking and Holding Marjah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Backgrounder is the second installment in a series of reports analyzing the battle for Marjah in Helmand province. Introduction Operation Moshtarak is the largest joint operation of the war thus far. The operation is taking place in southern Helmand province, one of the focal points of General McChrystal’s strategy where Afghan and International Security [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=100&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Iraq: A Conversation with General Raymond T. Odierno (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Future of Iraq: A Conversation with General Raymond T. Odierno February 16, 2010 Having spent the last three years in Iraq, General Raymond T. Odierno is uniquely aware of Iraq’s acute challenges and strategic opportunities. General Odierno has served as the Commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq since September 2008. He previously served as the Commanding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=104&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Troop Surge Supports Earlier Goals- Washington Examiner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Troop Surge Supports Earlier Stated Goals ISW President Kimberly Kagan, Washington Examiner, December 15, 2009 President Obama recently announced his decision to increase the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan by at least 30,000 troops in pursuit of the same goals that he had originally articulated in March: &#8220;To disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingwar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10565381&amp;post=88&amp;subd=understandingwar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lieutenant General Jim Dubik Visits NPR</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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