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WASHINGTON — A congressional investigative panel is demanding documents and testimony from an embattled U.S. defense contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose human trafficking on a base in Iraq. An investigation by The Associated Press this month found that Sallyport Global fired two of its investigators after they uncovered ...
... controlled by the Iraqi government. Americans have been there off and on since 2003. The base was evacuated in June 2014, when IS began overrunning Iraqi territory. When the Americans returned, Sallyport's job was to keep Balad safe for the F-16s — and their Iraqi pilots. The contract required ...
... Xi Jinping at Trump's winter retreat in Palm Beach, Florida. His visit marks an early foray for the Trump administration into the situation in Iraq and came just two weeks after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was assured by the president the U.S. will accelerate ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The U.S. military announced that its review of a disputed airstrike in Iraq is now a formal investigation. Local officials in Mosul say the March 17 strike killed at least 100 civilians. Today, the top U.S. American commander for ...
... he said. After Trump signed the original order, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi disputed the ban and said he would consider reciprocal measures. Many Iraqi lawmakers urged the government to ban Americans from Iraq in response, despite the potential effects that might have on the anti-IS fight. Al ...
... they are flying over Iraqi positions, both Iraqi military and civilians in some cases and dropping conventional grenades which detonate on impact, which has -- the Iraqi military and U.S. coalition, which is supporting the Iraqi military push have said that this isn’t going to prevent the retaking of ...
MOSUL, Iraq — The Iraqi advance into Mosul's western half slowed Saturday as combat turned to urban warfare and Iraqi forces met stiff resistance from the Islamic State group. Hundreds of civilians poured out of Mosul on foot following the advances, but the vast majority of 750,000 estimated to ...
... person with officers from U.S. Central Command. The command in Tampa, Florida, oversees U.S. military operations against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria. Petraeus also says al-Kenani's family lives in the United States because of threats they face in Iraq. But Petraeus didn ...
... U.S. military, Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani has plenty of souvenirs. He proudly shows us military coins given to him by U.S. commanders in Iraq. ABDUL HAMID, Former Iraqi Interpreter: And this was what I got from General Petraeus. JANE FERGUSON: As an Iraqi fluent in English, he was ...
President Obama came into office with a desire to wind down America’s wars overseas. Today the Middle East is a far more volatile place than it was. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports and Judy Woodruff gets an assessment from Gen. David Petraeus, former Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, and Eric Edelman, former...
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