Senate Endorses Plan to Divide Iraq
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Showing rare bipartisan consensus over war policy, the Senate overwhelmingly endorsed a political settlement for Iraq that would divide the country into three semi-autonomous regions.
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The US Senate is holding an all-night session as Democrats seek to force the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday,  following the lead of the House of Representatives, approved  $100 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan  without a timetable for withdrawing combat troops.
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The US, Iran, and Iraq agreed Tuesday to form a subcommittee on stability in Iraq.
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Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians said.
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Highlights of the latest version of an Iraq war resolution by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., that is winning support from Democratic leaders and some Republicans and is expected to be debated next week by the Senate.
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A advisory panel of Democrats and Republicans examining alternatives to U.S. policy toward Iraq has reached a consensus agreement, co-chairman Lee Hamilton said on Wednesday.
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The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law Monday to manage the country's vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population &#151; a major breakthrough in U.S. efforts to press the country's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he would support a short-term increase in U.S. troop numbers in Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it is part of a broader withdrawal plan.
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Frustrated U.S. Senate Democrats failed on Friday to force a troop pullout from Iraq, losing ground from an earlier vote and capping a series of defeats that reinforced the chamber's divide over the war.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet approved a draft oil law and the Iraqi parliament was to begin debate on the measure Wednesday, a major sign of progress in a long-delayed political benchmark sought by the U.S. to boost reconciliation between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites.
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Democrats in the Senate planned to begin debating on Wednesday a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, but Republicans made clear they opposed the measure and would try to prevent its passage.
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Democrats in the U.S. Senate planned to begin debating on Wednesday a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, but Republicans made clear they opposed the measure and would try to prevent its passage.
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A bipartisan consensus to dramatically alter the U.S. military mission in Iraq began to emerge in the Senate yesterday, but no specific approach has yet attracted the broad support necessary for a veto-proof majority.
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The independent, bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in Iraq has reached a consensus agreement and will release its conclusions on December 6 in a report that could help guide U.S. President George W. Bush's conduct of the war.
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How the Dem who supports Bush on Iraq became the Senate's one-man tipping point
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Senators are debating whether to pass a resolution opposing President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. Democrats want a simple vote on the measure, passed yesterday by the House. But it is not clear if they will have the 60 votes necessary to move ahead.