Maliki, Nouri al-
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Meeting to focus heavily on how the U.S. and Iraq will continue to cooperate on security issues.
The president hoped to draw positive media attention to Iraq with his trip.
In a new book, war correspondent Linda Robinson also assesses the performance of Gen. David Petraeus.
Iraq's prime minister effectively endorses Obama's plan, unsettling the McCain campaign.
Today Pennsylvania will get another heavy dose of presidential politics as the Clintons—Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea—and Barack Obama and his surrogates crisscross the Keystone State one last time before tomorrow's primary. Hillary Clinton and her family will have separate campaign stops and then join up in Philadelphia.
Why David Petraeus wants to go slowly on troop drawdowns
Petraeus makes a good argument about armed forces, but the Baghdad political situation is still awful.
Peru was shaken to its core last night when a 7.9-magnitude earthquake rattled the country and left at least 337 dead and more than 800 injured. The quake hit Peru's coast, and people were primarily killed in the Ica region, which lies south of the country's capital, Lima. More than 200 were killed when a church collapsed in the town of Pisco as they were attending religious services. The quake struck at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, and four aftershocks followed. It caused the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue warnings for South American coastlines and placed an advisory for as far away as Hawaii.
