WASHINGTON - President Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.
...Neifeh had been a friend of First Baptist's pastor, Fred Andrea. In his travels to the Middle East while he was a U.S. diplomat in the Foreign Service, Mr. Neifeh met Mr. Onobrakpeya and was given the collection. "I was excited; I just...
...The budget proposal maintains significant funds for programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as Iraq, where U.S. diplomats will face serious challenges as American troops continue to withdraw.AGENCY: TransportationSPENDING: $128...
...being recognized by the U.S. government.That chapter in American civil rights will be celebrated today when U.S. diplomats unveil a commemorative plaque at the apartment the couple called home in 1946.The event will be attended by the...
...He points to its evolution since its birth, when then ABC News President Roone Arledge transformed coverage of U.S. diplomats taken hostage in Iran into a broad-based late-night fixture. Predating CNN by several weeks (with MSNBC and...
...said firebombings were meant to be Mueller's "welcome" to Athens. The city was the last stop of a trip that U.S. diplomats said included Baghdad, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The United States is part of a seven-nation Olympic security advisory...
...miles outside Monrovia, as agreed. The pullout, negotiated by an 11-day-old West African peace mission and U.S. diplomats, was in keeping with the rebel pledge to lift their siege of Monrovia after warlord-president Charles Taylor resigned...
...Hussein a March 17 ultimatum to disarm or face war. U.S. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United...was throwing its support behind the resolution. U.S. diplomats said they were now concentrating on council members...
...is still on the table, despite the alliance's recent split over preparations for a possible conflict, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday. Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman briefed NATO allies on Washington's "vision" for a postwar...
...Powell accused Iraq of harboring al-Qaida fugitive Abu Musaab Zarqawi, who has been linked to the murder of a U.S. diplomat in Jordan and poison plots in a half-dozen European countries. On Thursday, the commander of U.S. forces in...
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