Iraqi Troops

Report: Program To Train Iraqi Troops Could Become 'Bottomless Pit' Of U.S. Money

AP | REBECCA SANTANA and LARA JAKES | Posted 12.23.2011

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BAGHDAD — The speaker of Iraq's parliament on Monday accused neighboring nations of meddling in Iraqi affairs and signaled it will only get wors...

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Out By The End Of The Year

AP | By LARA JAKES and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 12.16.2011

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BAGHDAD -- The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decisio...

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Sam Stein

Obama's Afghanistan Dilemma: "Growing Dissent" On More Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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No more than one year ago, it was widely assumed that the great foreign policy challenge facing the next president would be what to do with U.S. troop...

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Bruhns

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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Iraqi-US Governments At Standstill Over Future Status Of US Troops

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement is shaping up as a major political battle between America and Iran, as the debate over the fut...

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Thousands Of Iraqi Troops Flood Into Sadr City

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in ...

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