By Scott Stearns White House 28 September 2006 President Bush says U.S. troops fighting terrorists in Iraq are making Americans safer at home. Opposition Democrats say a U.S. intelligence review concludes that the war in Iraq is building support for

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By Paula Wolfson White House 28 March 2007 President Bush has renewed his threat to veto a bill before Congress that would fund the Iraq war, but would also set a deadline for a U.S. troop withdrawal. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports it is the latest esca

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By Scott Stearns White House 18 March 2006 George Bush President Bush says U.S. troops are making progress in Iraq, three years after the start of fighting there. Two-thirds of Americans say they disa

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Iraq War Casualties Remembered at Illinois Memorial The legacy of the war in Iraq, one of the longest conflicts fought by the U.S. military, has yet to be measured. The cost of that war is visible at a memorial in the midwestern state of Illinois. To

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US Troops Leave Iraq, Controversy Over War Continues The war in Iraq lasted nearly nine years and as the remaining U.S. troops pull out of the country, Middle East analysts continue to disagree over the success or failure of the mission. As military

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Syria's Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years. Bombings and other attacks against Sunni Muslim and Shiite targets are stoking sectarian tensions. One major reason is the civil wa

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 April 2007 President Bush and Democrats in Congress appear headed for a showdown on two issues in the weeks ahead, funding for the Iraq war and last year's firing of eight U.S. attorneys. VOA National Correspondent Jim Mal

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By Scott Stearns Washington 06 April 2006 President Bush says Iraq is making progress toward forming a government of national unity and stopping sectarian violence. George Bush delivers speech on glob

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By Jim Malone Washington 14 May 2007 Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania For the past six years, President Bush has enjoyed strong support from Republicans in Congress for his domestic and foreign policy agendas. But divisions over the war in Iraq

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 18 March 2007 As the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war approaches, debate over the war's future is heating up among politicians in Washington. The sides of the argument mostly fall along partisan lines, with Democrats, wh

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By Michael Bowman Washington 25 November 2007 Majority Democrats in the U.S. Congress continue to press for time-specific goals for withdrawing American military personnel from Iraq, despite reports that a surge in U.S. forces appears to have contrib

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By Jim Malone Waashington 14 December 2006 Puerto Rican widow Digna Nieves cries over coffin of her husband, Army Spc. William Lopez Feliciano during a funeral service (File) While President Bush prepares his new strategy on Iraq, public-opinion pol

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 02 May 2006 watch Iraq Funding report The U.S. Senate is considering additional emergency funding for the war in Iraq. According to the U.S. Congressional Research Ser

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 07 March 2007 watch Iraq War Protest report A coalition of anti-war groups is planning a march on the Pentagon to protest the Iraq war. The March 17th protest will come on the 40th anniversary of a 1967 march on the

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 16 March 2007 watch Iraq Anniversary It was four years ago that the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq, easily toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein. But that quick victory was soon overshadowed by insur

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By Jeff Swicord Amman, Jordan 15 February 2007 watch Iraq Refugee report Iraqi refugees now in Jordan The United States has announced plans to receive 7,000 Iraqi refugees during the next eight months -- a significant increase from the less than 500

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By Dan Robinson 07 September 2006 Lawmakers in the Senate have been holding a lengthy debate on the war in Iraq, with majority Republicans supporting President Bush, and Democrats calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. VOA

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By Scott Stearns White House 02 September 2006 President Bush (file photo) President Bush wants to convince more Americans that the war in Iraq is central to preventing another terrorist attack inside the United States. Opposition Democrats say the

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Iraq War Veteran Battles Rhino Poachers in Africa Two years ago, after surviving 12 tours of duty in Iraq, former Australian Special Forces soldier Damien Mander was searching for a fresh challenge. He found it in an unlikely place. A week before I a

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By Scott Stearns White House 12 May 2007 U.S. lawmakers begin debate on reforming the nation's immigration laws in the coming week. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bush wants bipartisan action on immigration reform whil

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