There are a number of implications to a NATO withdrawal that leaves no political settlement behind: continued violence, greater risk of terrorism in South Asia and abroad, resource insecurity.

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"There has never been a more important time for the domestic violence shelter community to open its doors to pets, " said Nathaniel Fields, president of the nonprofit group Urban Resource Institute, which sponsors the shelter.

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