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Thailand: Amid coup buzz, Thai army chief heads to Pentagon

Patrick WinnFebruary 6, 2010 10:43Updated May 30, 2010 13:20

BANGKOK, Thailand — When Thai political crises heat up, it begins: a nationwide game of hushed speculation revolving around one question. Will the military stage yet another coup? For now, the man with the answers is on the opposite side of the world. Gen. Anupong Paojinda, head of the Royal Thai Army, is visiting the Pentagon from Feb. 5-12. The Thai general’s trip, U.S. diplomats said, was scheduled months ago at the request of U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey.

Opinion: Obama defines the use of war in an age of terror

C.M. SennottDecember 10, 2009 12:43Updated May 30, 2010 13:16

BOSTON — When U.S. President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, he joined giants of history such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. He became one of only three sitting U.S. presidents ever to receive the honor along with Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Opinion: Obama has a hard sell on Afghanistan troop increase

C.M. SennottNovember 25, 2009 10:26Updated May 30, 2010 13:14

Will Obama's vow to "finish the job" ring as hollow as "mission accomplished" did in Iraq? C.M. Sennott explores the perilous terrain of counterinsurgency based on his reporting in Afghanistan for the Special Report "Life, Death and the Taliban."