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12.04.09
Vintners on holiday

“Ms. Ceja,” the maitre d’ said, “is at the Queen’s Table.”

11.24.09
US 'to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan'

guardian.co.uk | Mark Tran | Nov 24, 2009

Barack Obama is expected to send 34,000 more US troops to Afghanistan when he unveils his long-awaited strategy for the Afghan conflict next Tuesday, US media reports said today.

11.18.09
Pakistani Successes May Sway U.S. Troop Decision

New York Times | Sabrina Tavernise and Eric Schmitt | 18 Nov, 2008

SARAPOGHA, Pakistan — This windswept, sand-colored town in the badlands of western
Pakistan is empty now, cleared of the militants who once claimed it as their capital. But its main brick buildings, intact and thick with dust, tell not of an epic battle, but of sudden flight

11.18.09
Students, Workers Strike Against Fee Hikes, Layoffs

Daily Californian | Chris Carrassi | 18 Nov, 2009

BERKELEY, California — Amid chants of "no cuts, no fees," about 50 union workers took up their signs on Sproul Plaza beginning at 5 a.m. to protest an expected 32 percent student fee hike at Wednesday's UC Board of Regents meeting.

11.16.09
What's real price tag on war in Afghanistan?

Los Angeles Times | Johanna Neuman | 16 Nov, 2009

The casualties are sobering -- nearly 1,500 deaths to date among U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

So are the stakes -- the prospect of a Taliban resurgence that likely would reverse recent gains for women and girls and the destabilization of neighboring Pakistan, with its nuclear weapons and Al Qaeda cells.

11.15.09
Clinton sets benchmarks for progress in Afghanistan

Washington Post | John Amick | 15 Nov, 2009

Recognizing that the potential instability of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government remains a main obstacle to an effective American strategy in the region, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today touted broad accountability procedures in Afghanistan that will aim to combat corruption.

10.21.09
Report on Afghanistan gives Obama tough choices

San Francisco Chronicle | Joe Garofoli

September 22, 2009

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan's call for more troops - "or else the mission will be a failure" - gives President Obama a stark set of options for the next step in Afghanistan.