Dec 20, 2007
Congress just approved $70 billion in "bridge" funding for ongoing U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total cost for these wars now totals $700 billion, becoming the second costliest conflict in American history after only World War II.
Dec 13, 2007
Two new reports raise further questions about the long-term sustainability of security progress in Iraq. The inability of the Iraqi Security Forces to function without support from the United States raises serious concerns about Iraq's future sovereignty.
Dec 12, 2007
The House and Senate conferees completed their work on H.R. 1585, the FY'08 Defense Authorization bill, on December 6. The bill includes $506.9 billion for the Department of Defense. The full House is expected to take up consideration of the legislation on Wednesday, December 12.
Nov 13, 2007
On November 8, lawmakers released a $50 billion "bridge" or temporary funding bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill also contains Iraq policy language.
Oct 24, 2007
If one includes debt service costs in long-term U.S. deployment scenarios, the total cost for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach between $1.765 trillion and $2.365 trillion by 2017.
Oct 23, 2007
In a surge of realism, the Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has broken up and cannot be put back together.
Sep 28, 2007
On September 17, a Marine Corps aviation squadron of 10 MV-22 Ospreys sailed for Iraq onboard the USS Wasp, a small Navy amphibious assault ship.
Sep 28, 2007
Fifty years after the Korean War, 30,000 U.S. troops are still stationed along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). President George W. Bush and other senior administration officials have cited Korea as a model for how the United States should shape its long-term presence in Iraq.
Sep 21, 2007
The drumbeat for American action against Iran has steadily grown over the past year. The latest call to arms came during congressional testimony on the situation in Iraq by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
Sep 20, 2007
In his continuing effort to bolster support for the Iraq war, President Bush traveled to Reno, Nevada, on August 28 to speak to the annual convention of the American Legion. He emphatically warned of the Iranian threat should the United States withdraw from Iraq.
Sep 11, 2007
The NIE concludes that the high level of violence found prior to the increase in American forces has been reduced, but that overall violence still remains high, especially against civilian targets.
Sep 11, 2007
In a stunning shift of logic and rhetoric, President Bush recently decided that parallels should be drawn between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq.
Sep 10, 2007
With the attention of the media and most of the country focused on the report on Iraq being delivered to Congress this week by Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, the Senate will also be taking up the Pentagon's annual funding legislation.
Sep 7, 2007
This report represents the findings of the General Accountability Office (GAO) from their year long assessment of the 18 benchmarks set down jointly by the Bush and Maliki administrations.
Aug 30, 2007
Having already sacrificed its international and domestic political effectiveness to prolong the ill-fated war in Iraq, the White House now stands poised to throw more money at the problem.
Aug 27, 2007
If the FY 2008 request is approved by Congress, the global war on terror will become the second costliest conflict in U.S. history in inflation-adjusted terms. Only World War II cost more.
Aug 9, 2007
In July, it was announced that the United States plans to sell at least $20 billion in advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia and its neighbors in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Jul 25, 2007
U.N. official Roberta Cohen was right to label the refugee crisis in Iraq "pretty dire."
Jul 19, 2007
We need an Iraq policy with sufficient nuance to protect American interests. Unfortunately, we probably won't get it.
Jul 9, 2007
The 9/11 attack signaled the most serious threat to the security of this nation since World War II. There was an urgent need to clearly define the nature of the threat and take appropriate action; we did neither.
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