Obama urges ‘equal’ relations
President Barack Obama was forced to confront long-standing resentment of U.S. dominance of Latin America as he told regional leaders here Friday evening that his administration seeks an "equal partnership"...
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Deal allows U.S. to fire in Pakistan
The U.S. and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior...
Iraqis deal setbacks to U.S.
The Bush administration's Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada...
Bush: War will be worth sacrifice
As the death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq reached 4,000, President Bush conferred Monday with top U.S. officials in Washington and in Baghdad and vowed in a public statement...
Ex-Bush insider’s book rips into peers over war
In the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key architects of the war blasts former Secretary of State Colin Powell, the CIA, retired Gen. Tommy...
Grim report on Iraq disputed
A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from top U.S. military officials in Baghdad. Last-minute changes...
Report: Iraq fails to meet all but 3 U.S. benchmarks
Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political, military and economic progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The...
U.S.-Middle East trade zone touted
President Bush told University of South Carolina graduates Friday that economic growth and the rule of law are keys to quieting the rage of the Middle East and promised to...
U.S. has videotape tying bin Laden to attacks, officials say
The United States has obtained a videotape of Osama bin Laden describing the damage to the World Trade Center as being much greater than he had expected, according to senior...