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      <title>The &#8216;Stan: An officer&#8217;s unvarnished view</title>
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      <description>&lt;span&gt;armytimes.com - By Lance M. Bacon - Feb. 06 (Special Report) - An Army officer is fed up with &#8220;rosy official statements&#8221; that paint Afghanistan as a picture of progress, and he is demanding military leaders come clean about the &#8220;absence ofsuccess on virtually every level.&#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NewsTrust Rating: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/8553625?ref=rss&quot;&gt;4.4 average&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/8553625?ref=rss&quot;&gt;3&amp;nbsp;Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/stories/8553625/toolbar?ref=rss&quot;&gt;Review It&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/&quot;&gt;Visit NewsTrust&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss&quot;&gt;Sign Up&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstrust.net/about/disclaimer&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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