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The Runaway Senate
When Democrats can't even agree to debate the health care bill, the president is no longer in charge of his party. Matt Miller on why Obama needs to crack the whip.
Karzai’s Paranoid World
As Afghanistan's president is inaugurated for his second term, author Christina Lamb, his former neighbor, on his transformation from an affable bon vivant to a paranoid shut-in.
The Great Fallacy of Obama's War
As the president dithers about whether to send 36,000 more troops or 40,000-as if 4,000 will convert potential humiliation into a historic victory-M.J. Akbar explains why the warlords always get the last word.
Don't Abandon Us, Obama
One group in Afghanistan is particularly on edge as Obama makes his final call on the troop surge-women. Gayle Lemmon talks to female leaders about their fears of a Taliban resurgence.


















