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California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton announces his organization's desire for a speedy American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
The longer President Obama avoids confronting the perverse legacy of the war, the more distorted our decisions and strategy will be.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
The White House hailed on Tuesday the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops out of Iraq's cities but declined to qualify the benchmark as a victory, or eve...
thinkprogress.org | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
Tomorrow is the deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq, a date Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is calling a "great victory." But in a new...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
In anticipation of Tuesday's House vote on the war supplemental spending bill, which still includes money for the International Monetary Fund but not ...
Politico | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
Nancy Pelosi isn't the only Democrat unhappy with President Barack Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan. Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer said ...
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 03.06.2009 | World
After seven years of war, the international community has failed to create the conditions for a sustainable Afghan state. The reality is that the inte...
AP | Posted 12.15.2008 | Home
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan's parliament has voted to pull the ex-Soviet republic's small peacekeeping force out of Iraq. Lawmakers voted 86-...
Times Online | Deborah Haynes | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Iraq has demanded a clear commitment from the US that its forces will have left its soil by the end of 2011. The stance was revealed in a newly tough...
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NY Times' Baghdad Bureau Blog | Tareq Maher | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD -- As an Iraqi journalist, each day I meet dozens of officials, some government ministers, some members of parliament, some advisers to senior...
John Bruhns | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
The latest propaganda being formulated by those in a perpetual state of denial is that the Bush initiated this war and occupation as philanthropists for the Iraqi people. Explain that philanthropy to the 4.5 million Iraqi refugees.
Lanny Davis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
Many anti-war Democrats now see a moral obligation (after all the carnage and destruction wrought by our military intervention) not just to pick up and leave Iraq without looking over our shoulders.
John Bruhns | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
The fragile success of the surge can be easily reversed. Now the issue is sustaining the current conditions long enough for us to start bringing our troops home.
Tom Hayden | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
In John McCain, the hawks have found the perfect iconic candidate for keeping the Iraq war alive through the present depths of its democratic legitimacy crisis.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
McCain knows that the electorate wants America out of Iraq, even faster than Obama has proposed. He also knows that his ties to Bush's foreign policy are an albatross around his neck.
Charlie Rose | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
On today's Morning Joe, Barack Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs took questions about a potential trip to Iraq for the Illinois Senator. G...
Rasmussen Reports | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 65% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That's t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
Years after missions were declared to have been accomplished in Iraq, it's still difficult to get a straight answer out of the Bush administration as ...
NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
In the central Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park, we talked with Lourdes Roche and Mark Anthony Seda about prescription drug costs and troop withdrawal. Listen to the doughnut shop discussion.
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. troop reductions in Iraq will slow or stop altogether this summer, a mo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Mitt Romney was caught on tape Sunday saying his GOP rival John McCain was "lying" about his position on the Iraq war, before quickly telling a report...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The next and perhaps last big debate on Iraq War policy has come into focus in recent weeks, as the Bush administration has made several moves to secu...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress and President Bush's nationally televised address have had little impact on Americans' distaste for the Iraq w...
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John Burton | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics