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The shootings underscore that a strong social compact is the only real route to safety.

Five Blackwater officials have been indicted on federal weapons violations. Given the company's track record, the charges are small change.

The Defense Department's own account of the Vietnam War holds the clues to our defeat.

Federal charges are filed against Blackwater guards accused of killing and maiming Iraqi civilians. But the company continues to operate in Iraq and its executives escape scrutiny.

Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Business has never been better for Blackwater and its future looks bright.

Can a single man force a nation to fight an unpopular war? Here's how
Congress can stand up to Bush.

On the ground with US troops in Iraq.

The final confrontation between Hezbollah and Israeli troops will stand
alongside Anwar Sadat's 1977 arrival in Jerusalem and the extraordinary
handshake (fatal for Yitzhak Rabin and perhaps fo