News Source: Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war. Powell, the nation's top military officer under President George H.W...Bush, said the decision to use a lighter force to defeat the Iraqi...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 months ago
Iraqis are skeptical that much will change after last week's pullback of U.S. combat troops from Baghdad and other cities, a sentiment not shared by their government. The government declared the June 30 pullback National Sovereignty Day and...
News Source: United Press International
| 4 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden says the United States' ability to assist Iraq economically likely depends on the degree of political stability that is achieved. Biden was in Iraq Saturday to oversee the swearing in of 237 U.S. soldiers as American citizens...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 4 months ago
Major milestone this week here in Iraq with the American troops pulling out of the cities. And I wonder if you can put the broader American mission in context...Look, the president and I laid out a plan in the campaign which was twofold. One,...