mudvillegazette.com - 2/1/2009
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An observation from a milblogger (and military journalist) in Iraq: "Once again, the Iraqis are waving purple fingers demonstrating their role in democracy." I wanted to cover the elections so bad today, but military presence is limited. I haven’t even heard of anyone providing security for ...
huffingtonpost.com - 2/2/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen.
David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried
to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq ...
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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/2/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Martha Raddatz Reports: The Obama administration
has tapped Ambassador Chris Hill, a career member of
the Senior Foreign Service, to be Ambassador to Iraq. Hill, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, served as...
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Chris Hill Tapped as Ambassador to Iraq
commentarymagazine.com - 2/2/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
Results are still being tallied in Iraq’s provincial
election, but preliminary returns, as reported by Dubai’s Al-Sharqiyah
television, sound on the whole like good news from the standpoint of the United States — and bad news from ...
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Encouraging Results in Iraq
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An observation from a milblogger (and military journalist) in Iraq: Once again, the Iraqis are waving purple fingers demonstrating their role in democracy.I wanted to cover the elections so bad today, but military presence is limited. I haven t even heard of anyone providing security for the elections, and that s huge. From what I ve heard, the military was there for support if needed, but in the background as a last resort. I would have loved to be out in the streets... read ...
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