Obama, Maliki Meet on Future of U.S. Involvement in Iraq
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 23rd, 2009 4:33 am by HL
Obama, Maliki Meet on Future of U.S. Involvement in Iraq
President Obama urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday to press ahead with national reconciliation efforts and pledged to meet a commitment to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country by the end of 2011.
Senate Committee Sides With DNI in Its Bureaucratic Turf War With CIA
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has weighed in on a dust-up between the nation’s two main spy chiefs, asserting that Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, and not CIA Director Leon Panetta, should have ultimate authority to name the top U.S. intelligence delegates overseas.
Obama Urges Iraq to Resolve Internal Disputes
President Obama said Wednesday that he is “very encouraged” by Iraq’s progress in taking over its own security responsibilities and that the United States is on track to withdraw all its military forces from the country by 2011.