Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Alexander leaves us on a downer

Paul McGeough A great week for huffin'-'n'-puffin', what? First, Alexander Downer takes an airbrush to history. And then, more gobsmackery by our top soldier, on what he ''always knew'' was a raw deal for the...

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Sandy strike timely reminder to deniers

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Paul McGeough Can you imagine how events might have unfolded had hurricane Sandy struck a few weeks earlier?

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The military adviser left out in the cold

Paul McGeough The lost pages of Catch-22 have turned up: they are the real-life career notes of Gwenyth Todd.

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Coalition of the unwilling to understand

Paul McGeough With apologies to film director Ken Kwapis, they're just not that into us. We're talking about Afghans.

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US exit creates army ripe for recruitment

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Paul McGeough Numbers coming out of Afghanistan often are scary but try wrapping your head around this one - 123,500.

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Republicans plot to steal White House

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Paul McGeough There's a fiendish cleverness in perpetrating a fraud in broad daylight.