Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet 10 hr ago | Comments 10 CHICAGO -- President-elect Obama says he's chosen Sen. Hillary Rodhman Clinton for secretary of state.

Journalists’ car bombed in Iraq 22 hr ago | Add a comment BAGHDAD — An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury Sunday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as it was parked along a street in west...

IN BRIEF: Strike kills 2 in Pakistan Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment Strike kills 2 in Pakistan MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least two people Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said. The officials said...

Drill helps Iraqis defeat bombings Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment BESMAYA RANGE COMPLEX, Iraq — Two Iraqi soldiers acting as insurgents hook up a cellular phone detonator to a 155mm artillery shell with a coiled red wire, bury the mock bomb in dirt next to...

Help lets Iraq vets put their lives back on track Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment All three were shattered, in different ways. Eddie Silva lost his sight. For June Moss, the wounds were emotional. Shrapnel from an explosion tore into Angel Gomez’s head. They are three...

Iraqi lawmakers approve U.S. withdrawal plan Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD (AP) - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three...

Let's Say Thanks Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment Send a thank you card to a soldier who is currently serving in Iraq. Go to www.LetsSayThanks.com, pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is...

Vote today poses hurdle for Iraq pact Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament hinted he might withhold support for a pact to let U.S. troops stay in Iraq through 2011. That would make it hard for the...

IN BRIEF Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Add a comment U.S. pact poses detainee dilemma CAMP CROPPER, Iraq — The U.S. military is rushing to build criminal cases against some 5,000 detainees it deems dangerous — including suspected members...

U.S. security accord faces uncertain fate Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — The Iraqi parliament will vote Wednesday on a pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years, but the government’s hopes of winning a wide margin...

Accord may push Iraq into turmoil Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A towering statue of Saddam Hussein. A giant effigy of George W. Bush. Two targets, one central square in Baghdad. It was Saddam in 2003, but on Friday it was a likeness of Bush...

High costs in Iraq but success, too Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — A war that once seemed likely to end in a panic of helicopters fleeing the American embassy now seems destined to conclude as the result of a parliamentary process. A landmark...

Iraqi lawmakers fight over accord Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers persevered Thursday in debate on a proposed security deal with the U.S. There were raucous attempts by opposition lawmakers to disrupt proceedings ahead of next...

Admiral sees boost in stress for troops Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Stress on U.S. troops from repeated combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan is "extraordinary” and may be worsening even as fighting eases in Iraq, the military’s...

US military can meet Obama demands Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 13 WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the Defense Department is developing plans to get troops quickly out of Iraq and into Afghanistan to battle a more confident and successful...

Iraq may be gambling on its security forces Mon, Nov 17, 2008 BAGHDAD — The U.S.-Iraqi security pact now before parliament calls for U.S. forces to leave Iraq’s cities by June 30 in recognition of an improved security climate, but the deadline...

Guardsman visits Angie Debo Elementary Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment EDMOND — Lexy Martinez, a third-grader at Angie Debo Elementary, quietly chided herself in class last week. Martinez, 8, just plain forgot that a real live soldier would come to her class...

Iraq's Cabinet approves security pact with US Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end...

Security pact faces vote today Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Cabinet will vote today on a security pact with Washington. The plan would keep U.S. forces in the country for three more years. In a bid to secure support from the...

U.S. DEATHS in Iraq Sat, Nov 15, 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has announced that these American service personnel died in Iraq: →Army Spc. Armando A. De La Paz, 21, of Riverside, Calif., died Thursday in Baghdad, of injuries...