Author: Keith B. Richburg
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A test for the blocks needed to rebuild a nation
The revised strategy for Afghanistan that President Obama will announce Tuesday is expected to focus new resources on training Afghan security forces and shoring up the central government, an approach certain to revive a debate about the possibilities and the limits of nation-building. From Somalia, Cambodia, East Timor and the Balkans in the 1990s to…
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Kennedy laid to rest near his slain brothers
On the day he was carried to his final resting place, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a legislator of almost unequalled prowess, a political force who left a lasting imprint on the country and a husband, father and patriarch whose private acts of love and devotion helped his star-crossed family endure tragedy…