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As violence continues in Iraq, two senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee discuss whether the United States can achieve its goals and long-term plans in the region.

Sixteen U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in the single deadliest attack against American forces since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.Then, three Iraqi civilians reportedly died in an explosion near a religious shrine in the Muslim holy city of Karbala. Ray…

At least four people were killed Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a police station in the tense Iraqi city of Fallujah, and three others were injured when a roadside bomb detonated in the southern city of Basra.

President Bush called an impromptu press conference to react to the surge in attacks against Iraqis cooperating with the coalition occupation authority in Baghdad. Bush insisted that the U.S. must not be deterred from its reconstruction mission. Senate leaders provided…