Senior U.S. military officials will likely advise Barack Obama to adjust his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by mid-2010....
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported on an extraordinary revelation in the ongoing negotiations between the Bush White House and Nouri al-Maliki's Iraqi ...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics
Now that Condi has negotiated a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, all the Republican rhetorical crap of the post-Mission Accomplished era, which was masquerading as statesmanship, is now inoperative.
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by nex...
Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States starts withdrawing troops according to a s...
New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Iraq and the United States are close to a deal on a sensitive security agreement that Iraqi officials said on Wednesday satisfies the nation's desire ...
Todd Gitlin | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media
It was a delight to see Stephanopoulos nudge McCain to Iraq, getting at what is the most fundamental difference between the two candidates -- the grown-up test of independence from the Bush worldview.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
In an interview with CNN Friday, John McCain said that he thinks Obama's 16-month timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq is "a "pretty good timeta...
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
For years, the administration's policy has been, "when they stand up, we'll stand down." Well the Iraqis are standing up, and so far at least Bush and McCain's response seems to be: "you're not ready yet."
Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
It's easy, really! ...
OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home
WHO: Randy Scheunemann, senior foreign policy adviser WHAT: Press Briefing Call WHEN: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. ET SUMMARY This call use...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Earlier this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated that forthcoming agreements with the United States would include a timetable for the wi...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
If nothing else, al-Maliki's remarks should serve as a wake-up call to Americans, especially during a presidential election year.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
[UPDATED, below.] Don't look now, national political media, but it looks like Senator John McCain is about to flip-flop "refine his position" on Iraq...
Times Of London | James Hilder | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory. President Bush has long ...
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal th...
William Tracy | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
You know what? Let's just do this randomly: First come, first serve helicopter rides from the top of the embassy building. Line forms around the block; first chopper leaves at nine. Go get 'em, soldiers!
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Just give us our symbols and our slogans and we'll be happy. Meanwhile, it won't matter what's really going on over there. What matters is what we're told is going on over there.
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Time | Brian Bennett | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics