Afghanistan
Text of Obama's speech on Afghanistan - AP
Obama Orders Troop Cuts in Afghanistan - NYT
Obama: Time for 'Nation Building' at Home - WP
Obama: Time to Withdraw Troops - WT
Obama Calls for Faster Troop Cuts in Afghanistan - LAT
Obama: 30,000-plus Surge Troops Leaving Afghanistan - AP
Obama Orders Withdrawal of 33,000 Troops - BBC
Obama Sets Plan to Start US Exit From Afghanistan - Reuters
Obama Declares Beginning of End of Afghan War - AFP
Obama Details Plan to Withdraw US Troops from Afghanistan - CSM
Obama to Withdraw 33,000 Troops from Afghanistan by 2012 - DT
Obama Announces US Troop Withdrawals from Afghanistan - USAT
Beginning of the End of the Afghanistan War - CBS
Drawdown Troops, Step Up Diplomacy in Afghanistan - Bloomberg
Obama's Tough Balancing Act - WSJ
Obama to Send Surge Troops Home by Sept 2012 - Politico
Drawdown in Afghanistan will Shift Tactics in War - WP
2012 Troop Pullback Worries Military Experts - NYT
Strategy Changes will Test US Forces - WP
Troop Cuts Herald Shift in US Approach - AP
NATO Allies Have a Head Start on Afghan Withdrawal - NYT
NATO Welcomes Obama's Afghan Plan - AP
French Troops to Progressively Leave Afghanistan - AP
Germany Welcomes Obama's Afghan Plan - AP
PM Says Australian Troops to Stay in Afghanistan - AP
Is the Afghan Army Ready for US Withdrawal? - BBC
Fears Abound Over Toll on Afghan Economy - NYT
US Troop Cut May Also Bring Risky Cuts in Afghan Aid - Reuters
Obama's Afghanistan Drawdown Has Bipartisan Backing - USAT
As Politics of War Shift, Risks for Obama Ease - NYT
Obama Won't Use Troops to Save Afghan Hellhole (Drones, Maybe) - DR
US Lawmakers Debate Afghanistan Ahead of Obama Speech - VOA
Polls Show Americans Weary of Afghan Conflict - VOA
Petraeus to Hand Off Afghan Command Soner than Epected - S&S
Karzai: Afghan Youth to Lead as US Troops Go - AP
12 Afghan Police Killed or Injured in Taliban Attacks - VOA
Court Throws Out Afghan MPs over Alleged Fraud - AP
Afghan Court Begins Overturning Election Results - Reuters
ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS
Canada: Military Unaware of Afghan Torture - AP
The Way Out? - NYT editorial
Obama May be Sabotaging his Own Strategy - WP editorial
Withdrawals Don't Solve Weaknesses Afghan Strategy - BG editorial
US Troop Drawdown and the Future of the Mission - Brookings opinion
Political Calculation Rather than Military Judgment - DT opinion
Strategic Drawdown or Rush for the Door? - TG opinion
Obama: The Postwar Era Begins Now - WP opinion
The Real Question: How to Achieve Afghanization - CNN opinion
Decisiveness in Obama's Afghanistan Speech - WP opinion
A Pivot Point in Afghanistan - LAT opinion
Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' - WP opinion
Pakistan
Drawing Down, With a Vigilant Eye on Pakistan - NYT
Pakistan Pledges More than 3 Dozen CIA Visas - AP
Pakistan Army Asks 4 Officers About Extremist Ties - AP
Fears of Islamist Group Infiltrating Pakistan Army - AP
Pakistan Needs All the Help It Can Get From Militias - Reuters
The Radicalization of Pakistan's Military - WP opinion
Syria
Syrian Troops Mass Near Turkish Border - Reuters
Syria Activists: Troops Enter Village Near Border - AP
Syrian FM Says No Iranian Intervention, Blasts Europe - VOA
Syrian Foreign Minister Condemns Extended EU Sanctions - BBC
Need Overwhelms Makeshift Clinic in Syria Camp - NYT
Syria Leader's Cousin Warns of Civil, Regional War - Reuters
Libya
Possible Cracks Emerge in NATO's Libya Campaign - AP
Italy's Foreign Minister Calls for End to Hostilities in Libya - VOA
NATO Vows to Press Libya Campaign over Italian Reservations - AFP
NATO Accused of Murder by Gaddafi - BBC
China Moves Closer to Libyan Opposition - NYT
House GOP Moves Ahead with Plan for Libya Cutoff - LAT
Clinton Asks Congress, Whose Side are You On? - BBC
John McCain's Never-ending War - WP opinion
Yemen
General Says Opposition Will Be Ally Against Terrorism - NYT
Militants Break Out of Yemeni Prison - WP
'Al-Qaeda Militants' Break Out of Yemen Jail - BBC
Suspected al Qaeda Militants Escape from Yemeni Jail - CNN
Yemeni President Not Returning Home Soon - Reuters
Middle East / North Africa
US Warns Americans Against Joining Gaza Aid Flotilla - VOA
Divine Wind Blows Against Iran's President - NYT
Ahmadinejad: Iran Not Afraid to Make Nuke Weapon - AP
Bahrain Unrest: Eight Shia Activists Sentenced to Life - BBC
8 Bahrain Activists Get Life Sentences - NYT
Bahrain Protests Flare After Activists Sentenced - AP
Saudi Execution Prompts Indonesia Maid Travel Ban - BBC
Mideast Christians Struggle to Hope in Arab Spring - Reuters
Al Qaeda
Obama: Info from bin Laden Shows al-Qaida Strain - AP
US Department of Defense
Panetta to Carry Political Baggage to the Pentagon - WT
Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete? - Proceedings
Pentagon Gets Cyberwar Guidelines - AP
Gates Unlikely to Certify DADT Repeal Before Leaving Office - S&S
Pentagon Renovation Program Completes Historic Renovations - AFPS
Doctors-in-Training Learn Basic Combat Skills - AFPS
United States
New Face of a Faceless Global War: Drones and the CIA - Slate
US Files Charges in German Airport Shooting that Killed 2 Airmen - S&S
Officials: Man Linked to DC-area Shootings in 2010 - AP
The Death of Open Government - WP
Africa
First Lady Speaks to Young Africans - WP
South Africa Embraces Mrs. Obama With Fervor - NYT
Sudan to Block Oil Pipeline if South will Not Pay - BBC
Oil Interests Tie China to Sudan Leader - WP
Nigerian Police Backtrack on Suicide Bomb Claim - VOA
Zimbabwe General Says Tsvangirai Is Security Threat - Reuters
Americas
US to Help Central America with Drug Cartels - WP
Central America Drugs War: Clinton Pledges More Funds - BBC
Argentina President May Face Stormy Second Term - Reuters
Chavez May Return to Venezuela Within 12 Days - AP
Task Force Bon Voizon Completes Haiti Relief Operations - AFPS
Asia Pacific
China Warns US in Island Dispute - WP
Beijing Warns U.S. About South China Sea Disputes - NYT
China Frees Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei - VOA
Muted Welcome for Release of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei - BBC
A Debate Over Autonomy in Thailand's Restive South - Reuters
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Asks for US Support for Rights Inquiry - VOA
Europe
US Prods Europe On NATO Spending - NPR
Kremlin Rejects Registration by New Opposition Party - NYT
Russian Govt Refuses to Register New Opposition Party - WP
Some Greeks Fear Government Is Selling Nation - NYT
Geert Wilders Cleared of Hate Charges by Dutch Court - BBC
Dutch Court Acquits Anti-Islam Politician - NYT
South Asia