Iraq, immigration polarize 2008 field
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Republican and Democratic presidential candidates are abandoning the middle ground for positions on Iraq and immigration that cater to their parties' fringes &#151; the latest example of polarization trumping moderation in Washington.
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Monday's address is expected to highlight improvements in Iraq, but not reforms for immigration or Social Security.
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Many of the critiques contained in the Iraq Study GroupÂs report boil down to the differing worldviews of Baker versus Rice.
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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Immigration has supplanted Iraq as the leading issue on television and radio talk shows, complicating the prospects of a Senate bill desperately wanted by President Bush.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 22  - Iraq and its neighbours on Monday threw their weight behind elections seen as crucial to the future of the violence-wracked country, at the opening of an international conference that was to put the United States at
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The United States aims to accept about 7,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of the year, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as the State Department sought to blunt criticism that it took in only 202 last year.
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Presidential hopefuls show their antiwar stripes, but differ on how to extricate the US from Iraq.
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Experts say the stability of opinion has been striking, differentiating Iraq from other conflicts.
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Leaders of the U.S. Islamic community are fearful that sectarian slaughter tearing Shi'ite and Sunni communities apart in Iraq is testing unity among Muslim immigrants in the United States.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections. WASHINGTON - After more than a year of effort in Iraq, the United States appears to be recalibrating
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WASHINGTON - Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence...
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Illegal immigration and progress in the Iraq war headed the agenda for the Republican debate Wednesday pitting eight candidates who knew they likely would share the spotlight with a potential ninth &#151; Fred Thompson.
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The candidates have sharpened debate on how the United States reached this point in Iraq, but less clarity has emerged over who might have the better idea for the future.
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MADRID, Feb 8  (IPS) - In the campaign for Spainâs Mar. 9 elections, there  are two opposing positions on the question of immigration. On the  left, the predominant viewpoint is that immigrants must be  accepted, and that comprehensive global solutions are needed,  while on the right the attitude is at best to cold-shoulder, and  at worst to harass them.
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After a year of acrimony, gridlock, and snarling showdowns over Iraq, Congress and President George W. Bush will cede the spotlight in 2008 to a White House race awash in historic potential.
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As violence grips Iraq, some White House hopefuls want U.S. troops to start coming home now, or at least soon. Others say the United States must win at all costs. One has called for Iraq to be carved up along ethnic lines. And then there's Sen. John McCain.