By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Army Sgt. Keith Wells was craving his wife's macaroni and cheese back home in Charlotte, N.C., as he spent his first Thanksgiving Day away from his family.
"My wife's a foodie -- you know, the Food Network, cooking shows. Everything she makes is golden," said Sgt. Wells as he joined other American troops at a large international military base in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
"It's been progressing here, getting better. The Afghans have taken over more missions," he said.
