Iraq panel co-chairmen face uphill task
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One is a Bush family loyalist who served four presidents and guided George W. Bush to legal victory in the disputed 2000 election. The other is a resolute Democrat, a 34-year congressman who steered a divided 9/11 commission to unanimity.
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The national conference on Iraq&#39;s future is going into an unscheduled fourth day as delegates hammer out the shape of the first post-war parliament.
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President Bush meets today with a top Iraqi Shiite leader in what could be a key week in the reshaping of U.S. policy toward the conflict in Iraq -- with hearings beginning Tuesday on the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Robert M. Gates, a bipartisan panel scheduled to release its...
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The panel's report recommended engaging Syria, Iran, and others in stabilizing Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- Last month, Congress set a deadline for the American commander in Iraq, declaring that by Sept. 15 he would have to assess progress there before billions more dollars are approved to finance the military effort to stabilize the country. The commander, General David H. Petraeus, said in recent days that his report would only be a snapshot of ...
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The two most senior US leaders in Iraq are to deliver crucial testimony on the war strategy to Congress.
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Congressional leaders of both parties today welcomed the report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group as a chance to build a national consensus over how to proceed in a conflict that has claimed almost 2,900 American lives, cost $400 billion and shows no signs of abating.
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Seeking to shore up the U.S. military commitment in Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must charm an increasingly skeptical Congress that is wary of his criticism of Israel and concerned about rising violence in Baghdad.
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Bush's top two men in Iraq are finally about to deliver a verdict on progress there. Here are the questions to ask about it
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Members of Congress, including many who have traveled to Iraq to see the war for themselves, are wary about this weekend's election there and pondering such questions as whether Iraqi soldiers can be trained quickly enough to bring U.S. troops home soon.
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As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.
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A bipartisan commission on U.S. options in Iraq will recommend a gradual reduction of American forces in Iraq and a significant diplomatic shift that enlists U.S. adversaries to stabilize the increasingly chaotic country, officials familiar with the panel's deliberations said Thursday.
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Iraqi leaders hope to flesh out a deal to end sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad when they meet again on Tuesday but conceded a four-point plan, drafted under U.S. pressure, was still a long way short on vital substance.
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Steady condemnation from conservatives for the Iraq Study Group report may be providing some cover to the Bush administration as it completes its own review of strategy in Iraq, apparently with little enthusiasm for the panel's prescription of U.S. troop withdrawal and dialogue with Syria and Iran.
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Democratic leaders agreed yesterday to President Bush's idea for a new bipartisan panel to advise him on the fight against terrorism and the Iraq war, days after rejecting such a commission.
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WASHINGTON -- A State Department assessment of how the agency will direct almost $18 billion in unspent aid to rebuild Iraq is running about a month behind schedule, frustrating at least one key member of Congress already upset by the slow pace of reconstruction spending.
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Two key US figures in Iraq face a second day of testimony in Congress about the war strategy.