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Michael Yon Live from Helmand Province

Michael Yon, the man who has re-defined wartime journalism in the new media era, swings by the Editor's Desk to update the Military.com audience on the war in Afghanistan. In the middle of a pitched battle (audible in the background), Mike explains how the war is going, what the near-term mission is, and what America needs to do to if it ultimately wants to win.

Read select dispatches from Michael in the Warfighter's Forum and visit his site here.

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Philpott Sits Down with Obama

One of Military.com's benefits experts, Tom Philpott, stops by the Editor's Desk the day after his historic roundtable with President Obama and VA Secretary Shinseki in the White House.  What did the president say about the state of veteran's benefits?  What's looming on the horizon?  And what's it like to sit across the table from the most powerful man on the planet?

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Are We Fighting the Right War in Afghanistan?

Best-selling novelist and screenwriter Steven Pressfield stops by the Editor's Desk to talk to Ward about the current U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and whether it has any hopes of being effective.  Can we win where other powerful military powers have lost?  And do our tactics take into account the tribal societies that make up the far reaches of a challenging country?

Watch Steve's amazing video blogs on the war here.

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