Nation Apr 01 Watch Establishing Clear Goals May Prove Key to New Afghan-Pakistan Strategy Gen. David Petraeus testified before a Senate panel Wednesday about the Obama administration's new strategy for the Afghan-Pakistan region. Sens. Carl Levin and Susan Collins give their perspectives.
Politics Jul 18 Iraqi Government Slow to Reintegrate Baathists More than four years after military forces toppled Saddam Hussein's Baathist government, Iraq is wrestling with reintegrating former members of his party, a policy trumpeted by American leaders but met with tough resistance by some Iraqi factions. By PBS News Hour
Economy Jun 22 Kurds Get Piece of Oil Wealth; Foreign Investment Questions Linger Kurdish officials and Iraq's central government reached an agreement on conditions for sharing oil revenue Wednesday, clearing one obstacle for an oil law anxiously awaited by the U.S. government. By PBS News Hour