Welcome back and Happy New Year! (Yes, I’ve been away.) New years do seem to start off slow and gradually pick up steam (some faster than others) as we shake off the torpor of the old one. But I just saw something that gave me a jolting start to 2011: the Afghan war documentary “Restrepo.” […]
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Gary Thomas is VOA senior correspondent and news analyst. He has spent more than 30 years covering a wide range of stories on political developments, war, and civil unrest. From 1990 to 1994 he was VOA’s bureau chief in Islamabad, and has made numerous trips back to the region since then. He was also Southeast Asia bureau chief in Bangkok from 1996-2001. He is now based in Washington, providing background and analysis on issues of intelligence, security, and terrorism for VOA’s worldwide audience.
