Jun 16 Challenges Just Beginning for New Iraqi Unity Government By Admin, PBS News Hour More than three years after American troops toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq established a permanent government that joins Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish politicians under a federal Constitution. Continue reading
Jun 16 House Rejects Setting Timeline for Withdrawal in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a symbolic move, the House passed a resolution that connected the conflict in Iraq with the global war on terrorism and rejected setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch President’s Baghdad Trip Sparks U.S. Iraq Policy Debate President Bush Wednesday hailed efforts to build a democratic Iraq, but called for "patience" as U.S. troops continue to fight the war on terror. Analysts Zbigniew Brzezinski and Walter Russell Mead discuss the direction of U.S. foreign policy. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch President Bush Urges Americans to Have Patience in Iraq At a press conference Wednesday, President Bush called for "patience and sacrifice" from the American people, while the U.S. troops remain in Iraq and continue to fight the broader war on terror. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch President Bush Made a Surprise Visit to Baghdad to Meet with New Leadership President Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday to meet with the Iraqi prime minister and discuss ways to bring stability to the troubled nation. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch President Bush Discusses New Security Plan with Leaders in Iraq President Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday to participate in his first direct talks with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, offering a dramatic show of support to the new government. Two senior senators on the foreign relations… Continue watching
Jun 13 President Bush Visits Iraq to Discuss Security, Other Matters By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush made a surprise trip to Baghdad Tuesday to meet with Iraqi leaders about ways to secure the country, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's reported plan to deploy 75,000 Iraqi and multinational forces to the capital. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch U.S. Military Clarifies Zarqawi Death from Air Strike A report looks at the latest details of his killing of al-Zarqawi's death in Iraq, including the announcement today by that U.S. military that the Al-Qaeda operative was alive for a short time after the bombings. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Ambassador Khalilzad Says Iraqi Govt. to Present Security Plan As Iraq braces for a possible rise in violence following the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said the new prime minister's plan to rein in the various militias is a critical step to bringing… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch U.S., Iraqi Leaders Hail al-Zarqawi Death With news of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death in a U.S. air strike Wednesday, President Bush called his death a victory in the war on terror and an opportunity for Iraq to "turn the tide" against the… Continue watching