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Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq

John Bruhns | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Senator Obama's plan to leave troop elements behind would have conditions: the Iraqis would have to politically reconcile and end sectarianism. McCain's is to continue on the current path.

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Troop-Withdrawal Advocates Gain an Important Ally

Byron Williams | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Conventional wisdom maintains that the surge is working and that violence is down. But the underlining reasons for much of the violence in Iraq is beyond the surge's control.

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The Real Cost Of Staying The Course

John Bruhns | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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If Americans who support this war aren't willing to put their own bodies where their rhetoric is, there can be no sustainability.

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$20 Billion Later, Iraq Security Only Operating At 10 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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The Government Accountability Office delivered on Monday what was, in many ways, a sobering report on the current situation in Iraq. Noting that viole...

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Flow of Weapons to Iraq Still a Problem

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Weapons the U.S. provides to Iraqi security forces may still be ending up in the hands of terrorists, insurgents and criminals, the...

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US Sees Slow, Steady Iraq Troop Decline

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As security conditions improve in Iraq, the U.S. should be able to reduce forces at a slow but consistent pace beyond this summer, ...

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Report: Iraq Security Forces Still Lag

Associated Press | Lolita Baldor | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

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As violence continues to decline in much of Iraq, efforts to shift responsibility to the Iraqi security forces are still lagging, dogged by corruption...

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Two Years after I Called for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces from Iraq, Bush Refuses to Provide the American People with a Responsible Exit Strategy

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

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Two years ago, I was convinced that the president's lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation.

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