http://www.consortiumnews.com/ Independent Investigative Journalism Since 1995 EN http://consortiumnews.com/images/consort.jpg http://www.consortiumnews.com 312 37 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/112009b.html Facing military pressure to escalate in Afghanistan, President Obama may need an inner Harry Truman, says Ray McGovern. November 20, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/112009a.html The story of a Republican family that adopts a homeless African-American boy is a tale of human potential, writes Lisa Pease. November 20, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111909a.html A Newsweek retrospective on Vietnam extracts the wrong lessons and applies them to Afghanistan, says Douglas Valentine. November 19, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111809b.html Decades of U.S. misjudgments on Afghanistan have left President Obama some difficult choices, states Bruce P. Cameron. November 18, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111809a.html U.S. mainstream media is averting its eyes from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's declared motive for 9/11, writes David Swanson. November 18, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111709c.html As President Obama ponders more troops for Afghanistan, he is drawing mistaken lessons from Iraq, says Ray McGovern. November 17, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111709.html Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hints at how U.S. companies are learning to avoid hiring American workers, reports Robert Parry. November 17, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111709a.html Even if President Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan, chances for success may not be good, writes Ivan Eland. November 17, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111609a.html As crazy as "The Men Who Stare at Goats" may seem, there's a real story behind the psychic experimentation, says Lisa Pease. November 16, 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/111609b.html America's love affair with firearms continues to exact a gruesome toll in death and shattered lives, writes Sherwood Ross. November 16, 2009