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2 hrs ago | State Department

Press Releases: State and USAID - FY 2013 Budget

The President's FY 2013 Budget for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development strengthens U.S. national security, advances America's economic interests, and elevates America's global leadership through diplomacy and development.

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6 hrs ago | Jawa Report

Payback, it is a bitch: Iraqis Sending Weapons, Insurgents into Syria

Not so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict; suddenly, it is the other way around.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

KWQC-TV Davenport

Baghdad's romance grows with Valentine's Day

Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.

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Boston.com

Baby's medical plight leaves Weymouth family in tight space

No baby should be hooked up to a ventilator and a feeding tube, have a tracheotomy on his throat, and be scarcely able to move or talk.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

Star-Telegram.com

Confused by Fort Worth addresses, U.S. embassy in Iraq, saltwater injection wells

After living here in Fort Worth for about a year, I must say that it is more difficult to find one's way around here than any place I have ever lived.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Reuters

Troubled U.S. "mega-bunker of Baghdad" faces downsizing

For critics of U.S. policy, the huge American embassy in Baghdad came to symbolize much that was wrong about Washington's approach to Iraq.

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Morning Star

Iraqis belatedly cheer US troop withdrawal

Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens rallied in Baghdad's Sadr City today to celebrate the withdrawal of US occupation forces, shouting: "Yes to unity, yes to peace, yes to resistance." Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens rallied in Baghdad's Sadr City today to celebrate the withdrawal of US occupation forces, shouting: "Yes to unity, yes to peace, ... (more)

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NewsBlaze

US Maintains Robust Diplomatic Presence in Iraq

Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides for Management and Resources today said the United States have a robust diplomatic presence in Iraq.

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Daily Kos

"We Meant Well" Author Peter Van Buren on Punishing the Whistleblowers

State Department whistleblower Peter Van Buren writes in TomDispatch today about the escalating retaliation taken against him since he wrote a book about massive reconstruction fraud in Iraq: We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.

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MSNBC

US finds democracy a tougher sell abroad

A backlash emerged in Russia, Central Asia, China and parts of Africa and Latin America after the Iraq War, expert says Michael McFaul was in the second day of his new job as U.S. ambassador to Russia last month when Russian state television charged he was on a mission to stir up revolution.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

The Huffington Post

Gary Hart: Blind Ambition

Almost exactly a decade ago, I remember producing articles and speeches in which I questioned whether there were actually weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, predicting a prolonged conflict, and suggesting that the Bush administration actually had in mind to use Iraq as a military and political base to promote American power in the region.

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State Department

South and Central Asia: Daily Press Briefing - February 8, 2012

MS. NULAND: Happy Wednesday, everyone. I have nothing at the top, so let's go to what's on your minds.

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State Department

Collected Department Releases: Rightsizing U.S. Mission Iraq

MS. NULAND: Thank you, Operator, and thanks to all of you for joining us. We are pleased today to have with us Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides to talk on the record about a review that he is conducting for the Secretary on rightsizing the U.S. mission in Iraq.

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Reuters

Iraq seeks to clamp down on security contractors

Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Asadi speaks to Reuters during an interview in Baghdad February 8, 2012.

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WTVR Richmond

Iraq seeks to clamp down on security contractors

Iraq's government intends to impose tough restrictions on private security companies to rein in what amounts to a "giant army" threatening the country's stability, a senior security official said.

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CNN

"Experience America" by Phin Upham

As debate about Afghanistan and Iraq rages in the US, and Radio Free America tries to spread free market ideas and encourage democracy in the former USSR and Middle East, it is often left out that experience is the best teacher.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday, in 2010, being presented with a birthday cake in her home in King's Lynn, east England.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Scoop

Briefing on Recent Developments at Camp Ashraf

MR. TONER: Thank you, and thanks to everyone for joining us on such relatively short notice.

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The Washington Post

U.S. evaluating its embassy in Baghdad

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein, is the nation's most expensive diplomatic mission.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

U.S. plans to slash embassy staff in Iraq by half amid frustrations

Less than two months after U.S. troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq, a sharp sign of declining U.S. influence in the country.

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