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reportNov 30, 2009

Economic News Eclipses Afghanistan and Health Care

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available.
reportNov 23, 2009

Polling Wars: Hawks vs. Doves

The contrast between attitudes toward military involvement in Afghanistan and Iran fits into a temporal pattern. Americans generally like their wars to be successful or short — and ideally both.
reportNov 11, 2009

Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat

Americans and Western Europeans agree on the extremist threat from Afghanistan and Pakistan, but divisions remain over the Afghan war
short readsNov 10, 2009

Knowledge of Troop Deaths in Afghanistan

Only a quarter of the public can correctly estimate the number of U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan.
short readsNov 10, 2009

Veterans Day

While Americans across the country honor the nation’s veterans today, most do not think the government gives enough support to soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
reportNov 5, 2009

Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War

As Obama weighs difficult choices in Afghanistan, the public also appears to be finding it difficult to judge the merits of different options for expanding, maintaining or contracting the U.S. effort on that front.
reportNov 2, 2009

The Big Three—Health Care, War and the Economy—Dominate Again

Coverage of health care was up last week, the economy was down and the war in Afghanistan remained about the same. But together, this trio continued their run atop the news agenda, a pattern we began to see settle in earlier this fall.
reportOct 26, 2009

Buzz over Bonuses Drives Coverage of Economy

The economic crisis topped the news agenda last week as Wall Street pay packages triggered anger and action in Washington. Agreement on a runoff election also generated a spike in Afghanistan coverage, and hostilities between the White House and Fox News made the roster of top stories.
short readsOct 26, 2009

Karzai’s Rank as a Foreign Newsmaker

Afghanistan President Harmid Karzai has been much in the news lately, but he still trails far behind the top newsmaker among overseas leaders this year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
short readsOct 20, 2009

Fewer Say NATO Should Keep Troops in Afghanistan

Just half of Americans favor keeping troops in Afghanistan, down from 57% in June.

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Economic News Eclipses Afghanistan and Health Care

Polling Wars: Hawks vs. Doves

Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat

Knowledge of Troop Deaths in Afghanistan

Veterans Day

Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War

The Big Three—Health Care, War and the Economy—Dominate Again

Buzz over Bonuses Drives Coverage of Economy

Karzai’s Rank as a Foreign Newsmaker

Fewer Say NATO Should Keep Troops in Afghanistan

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