Apr 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Expresses Concerns Over Karzai’s Taliban Remarks In other news Monday, the Obama administration voiced continuing concerns over relations with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, and gunman in Iraq killed a Shiite family of six on the heels of a violent weekend in Baghdad. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch White House Turns Focus to National Security The Obama Administration turned to its attention to foreign affairs this week. The president traveled to Afghanistan to address corruption reform with President Hamid Karzai and hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as both countries pressure Iran over its nuclear program. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch News Wrap: Obama Addresses Afghanistan Corruption In other news Monday, President Obama returned from a surprise trip to Afghanistan where he met with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss anti-corruption efforts and Iraq's prime minister continued to push for a recount after he trailed in… Continue watching
Mar 26 Iraq’s al-Maliki Defeated in Election, Early Results Show A coalition led by Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, has edged out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results released Friday. Allawi's secular bloc won 91 seats in Iraq's 325-seat parliament, while al-Maliki… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Iraq’s Former Prime Minister Edges al-Maliki in Vote Iraq's electoral commission named former prime minister and secular candidate Ayad Allawi the winner of the parliamentary elections. The announcement coincided with violence that killed forty people. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Allawi Claims Majority of Seats in Iraqi Elections Nearly three weeks after the vote, Jeffrey Brown talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the International Crisis Group's Joost Hiltermann about the final tallies in Iraq's parliamentary elections. Continue watching
Mar 17 NPR’s Deborah Amos on Fallout of Iraq’s Middle Class Exodus By Hari Sreenivasan Continuing our series of conversations about the Middle East, NPR foreign correspondent Deborah Amos joined us on the Rundown to talk about her new book, “Eclipse of the Sunnis,” which chronicles the reasons behind the exodus of… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch News Wrap: Incumbent al-Maliki Leading Iraq Vote In other news Monday, Iraq continues to count votes from its parliamentary election, and one person was killed by a blast targeting the primary U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Home Foreclosure Rate May Be Slowing In other news Thursday, home foreclosures rose by 6 percent in February, the smallest amount in four years. Also, partial election results show the Iraqi prime minister running neck-and-neck with a challenger. Continue watching