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by David Gura Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, author of ‘A Journey: My Political Life.’ This week, Knopf will publish A Journey: My Political Life, Tony Blair’s memoir. Earlier today, NPR’s Steve Inskeep had a conversation with the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, focusing on the war [...]
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Crocodile Tears – And STILL No Apology: Tony Blair’s Memoirs Go On Sale Pushing His Self-Serving Justification Of The Iraq War — The Daily Mail Tony Blair will today outrage families of victims of the Iraq War by claiming to have shed many tears for the dead. In his massively-hyped memoir, the former prime minister [...]
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday his speech marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq would not be a victory lap, as Iraqi leaders vowed their forces could defend the country. “Our combat phase is over,” Obama told American troops on a sprawling Texas military base before his solemn Oval Office address to the [...]
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday his speech marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq would not be a victory lap, as Iraqi leaders vowed their forces could defend the country. “Our combat phase is over,” Obama told American troops on a sprawling Texas military base before an Oval Office address to the nation [...]
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What keeps U.S. spies awake at night? Iran. Al Qaeda. The bickering of Iraqi politicians. With the United States officially ending its combat role in Iraq, one senior American spy said he was more worried about the lack of political reconciliation in Baghdad than whether Iran gets more meddlesome in Iraq or al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate makes a new, violent [...]
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by David Gura Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Workers with the Independent High Electoral Commission move ballot boxes after finishing the recounting process in Baghdad on May 14. On March 7, Iraq held parliamentary elections. Back then, NPR’s Quil Lawrence said there wouldn’t be results for months. We don’t really know solid numbers yet, and we’re still probably [...]
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates conceded Tuesday it was too early for victory parades in Iraq as the US ends its combat mission in the war-torn country. “I am not saying that all is, or will necessarily be, well in Iraq,” Gates said in a speech in the Midwestern state of Wisconsin as the number [...]
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Members of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team and U.S. Army soldiers meet with Afghan elders in a village near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug 19, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon Afghanistan Bomb Attacks Kill Twenty-One US Soldiers In 48 Hours — The Telegraph Twenty-one American [...]
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Tuesday Marks Formal End Of US Combat Mission In Iraq — Voice of America The United States on Tuesday, August 31 at a formal ceremony in Baghdad will end its combat mission in Iraq and complete the U.S. military’s transition to an advisory and training role in support of Iraqi forces. That effort is to [...]
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U.S. Army Capt. Cory Petro, left, waits for Afghan elders to arrive for a meeting near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug 19, 2010. Petro is assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon Bombs Kill Seven US Soldiers In Afghanistan — CNN [...]
Iyad Allawi, former Iraqi prime minister and head of the secular Iraqiya alliance, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad February 25, 2010. Mr. Allawi is drawing closer to Prime Minister Maliki in the Iraqi election. Saad Shalash/Reuters
about 5 months ago
As far as I know, he is still in the running. Didn't catch the international news this morning though.
about 4 months ago
as many times as he's got money to pay for it.