WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- A debate of the U.S. Senate record of likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain is casting him as both a bridge-builder and a gadfly, observers say.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- Higher exports and oil prices are bringing in record revenue for Iraq, but the lack of institutional capacity to spend it on capital projects is preventing further development of the oil and gas sector, according to a report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Iraqis would be forced to pay for U.S. efforts in their country directly or via loans from the United States if any of at least five similar pieces of legislation introduced on Capitol Hill this month is approved.

WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- This week the circus came to town. Not Barnum and Bailey's but Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and with it the three rings of a five-plus year war and occupation, politicians in their populist best pitches and the media echo of what the heck is going on with Iraq's oil revenue.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the full 2009 defense budget would total about $685 billion, $100 billion more than the official proposal so far.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says the Bush administration is "skimming" congressional earmark funds and spending millions for undisclosed purposes, a report said.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats are suggesting alternatives to pulling troops out of Iraq, including redefining the military mission.

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- A Democratic effort to set a deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq failed Thursday to pass the U.S. Senate.