Politics News & Analysis: U.S. speeds up talks with Taliban

Tuesday 17 May 2011 by IrwanKch
If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page.
Click here to view in plain text.
The Washington PostTuesday, May 17, 2011
newsletter header

Top Stories

** CORRECTS FIRST NAME OF MARINE ** United States Marines carry colleague LCPL Jerome Hanley of Massachusetts, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a 'hot' landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

U.S. speeds up talks with Taliban

Karen DeYoung

Officials say they hope the negotiations will enable President Obama to report progress in ending the Afghan war when he announces troop withdrawals in July.

Behind the showdown

Behind the showdown

Newsletter | Click here to sign up for the Behind the government showdown newsletter.

PostPolitics Headlines

The Fix

44: Politics & Policy

Ezra Klein

More Headlines

Opinions

WhoRunsGov

ADNODE: ;; AVCREDIT: Video by Akira Hakuta ;; BLURB: The Fast Fix - Which candidates will benefit from the fact that Mike Huckabee won't be running for president in 2012? ;; EDITOR: ;; HEADLINE: The Fast Fix - Who benefits from Huckabee's decision? ;; HEIGHT: 270 ;; HIDDENCOM: fast fix, politics, cillizza, NHP ;; KEYWORDS: fast fix, politics, cillizza, NHP ;; LENGTH: ;; MEDIAPLAYER: Ninja ;; ORBITID: ;; PLAYLIST: LI2009092101885 ;; PNAVSEC: /media/politics ;; PUBLISH: YES ;; SEARCH: YES ;; SHOOTDATE: 2011-05-15 22:56:08 ;; SLUG: 05152011-28v ;; SMEDIAURL: http://static.washingtonpost.com/wp/swf/OmniPlayer.swf?id=05152011-28v&flvURL=/media/2011/05/15/05152011-28v.m4v&playAds=true&adZone=wpni.video.politics/fastfix &canShare=true&jsonURL=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.washingtonpost.com%2Fmedia%2Fmeta%2F2011%2F05%2F15%2F05152011-28v.jsn ;; SOURCE: ;; WIDTH: 480 ;;

They'll come to Iowa

With Mike Huckabee out of the 2012 picture, candidates are lining up to win over his would-be supporters. Gov. Terry Branstad called on the 2012 GOP hopefuls to stake their claim there. Who has the most to gain from Huckabee's exit?

Congressional votes database

Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.
Advertisement
Sign up for Economy & Business News Alerts
Advertisement
Get The Washington Post, your way.
Want to stay on top of the latest news, features, commentary and more? Here's how:
Mobile: Alerts: Social Media:
Applications
Web site		 E-mail
SMS
RSS Feeds		 Facebook
Twitter
SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-NEWSLETTER CENTER GET HELP
Washington Post Digital
E-mail Customer Care
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20071		 ©2011 The Washington Post

Privacy Policy
Posted in |