Iraq

Washington, DC – April 9, 2009 – In the midst of an emerging sea change in American foreign policy thinking, 117 congressional leaders have recently demonstrated an especially strong record of [...]

Visiting Baghdad shows that Iraq is a high priority for President Barack Obama.  Unlike Bush or McCain, Obama promised to redeploy troops from Iraq in 16 months.  Yet, the president’s plan [...]

I was very fortunate to march with the lead of this important protest: 10,000 Marched to Honor Rev. King and Oppose Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan New York, NY -- Saturday, April 4. On the [...]

Peace Action West organizers Laurel, Will, and Monica helped distribute flyers on the cost of war and urged people to call their member of Congress as part of United for Peace and Justice’s [...]

By Mark Johnson, Ryan Teague Beckwith and Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers February 28, 2009 The Associated Press CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — President Obama said Friday that U.S. combat troops will [...]

Last night in his quasi-State of the Union speech, President Obama hinted that he would soon provide a “new way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this [...]

Results from the Iraqi provincial elections last Saturday are dribbling out in the form of leaks. Most reports seem to indicate that Prime Minister Maliki’s forces have been strengthened [...]

President Obama made his first personal foray into world diplomacy this week and he didn’t even have to leave the White House. On Monday he gave his first formal interview since being sworn in to [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Dec 21 to 27: Cpl Robert Johnson  21  Central Point OR Cpl Thomas Reilly Jr 19  London KY Spc Stephen Zapasnik  19  Broken Arrow OK Spc Stephen Okray  21  St Clair [...]

General Odierno and General Petraeus, President-elect Obama’s top commanders on Iraq, are recommending a timetable for withdrawal that would extend the American combat troops’ presence in Iraq. [...]