Tuesday's Daily Brief

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Arianna Huffington: Afghanistan: A Case Study in How Much Easier It Is to Start a War Than to Finish One Arianna Huffington: I'm in sun-and-creativity-soaked Cannes but can't stop thinking about Kabul -- specifically President Obama's looming announcement of how many, or how few, troops he is going to bring home from Afghanistan as part of his long-promised start to a complete withdrawal by 2014 (that's 13 years after the war began, for those keeping score at home). We know that it's easier to start a war than to finish one -- and we are seeing a case study of this in Afghanistan despite the fact that there's a clear, widespread, and growing consensus on the value of us getting out. Indeed, even as we approach the mere announcement of the pullout, the pushback parade has begun -- an aggressive campaign designed to ensure that the number of troops the president brings home is as small as possible. HEALTHY LIVING GRAPHIC PHOTOS: New Cigarette Warnings Released GREEN 'Shocking' Oceans Report Warns Of Impending Mass Extinction TECHNOLOGY ICANN Opens Domain Naming: Is the 'Dot Com' Boom Over? WORLD Officials: Russian Plane Crash Kills 44 ENTERTAINMENT Roger Ebert's Slam Of Dead 'Jackass' Star Ignites Controversy BLOG POSTS Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A.: New Graphic Warnings Labels: A Step In The Right Direction Stark images and bold messaging will now graphically illustrate -- on every ad and every pack of cigarettes -- the painful and deadly reality of tobacco use. A diseased lung. A baby surrounded by secondhand smoke. A man who needs an oxygen mask to breathe. Dr. Peggy Drexler: Dads and Daughters Endure The last few decades have had their way with gender relationships of the past. Given the depth of the change, we might expect a dramatic altering of one of the most fundamental man-woman relationships: the one between father and daughter. Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The King's Speech vs. The Dictator's Deceit Judging by the context and content of the national addresses delivered within hours of each other this weekend, Morocco's King Mohammed and Syria's Bashar Al Assad could not be farther apart from each other. Rick Sanchez: Move Over Twitter... Make Room for Tumblr No TV network or newspaper can convey the thoughts, sentiments and feelings of people on the ground as well as their own words can, but there are limitations to getting your news in 140 characters or less. That's where Tumblr comes in. Adam Levine: ONE App That Could Change the World I'm proud to be a part of a movement that's helping more than 2.5 million people to create real, positive change in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease.

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