Sen. Obama visits U.S. forces in Iraq
Gen. David H. Petraeus (L) greets presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as Obama arrives at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq on July 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Lorie Jewell/U.S. Army)
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Gen. David H. Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, says a significant and lengthy commitment is needed in the war-torn country.
BAGHDAD, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. officials announced Wednesday that security for the Qadisiyah Province has been handed over to Iraqi responsibility.
WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- The possibility of another buildup of U.S. troops in Iraq, should conditions deteriorate, would be "remote," Army Gen. David H. Petraeus testified Wednesday.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., April 8 (UPI) -- Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, needs to answer some oil questions as he testifies before Congress this week, coinciding with Wednesday's fifth anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Iraq's Oil Ministry.
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus called progress in Iraq "fragile and reversible" during an appearance Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
BAGHDAD, March 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker is expected to depart from Baghdad in January 2009, soon after the head U.S. military commander plans to leave Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A top commander in Iraq left his post Thursday lauded by top officials for instituting what the U.S. Defense Department hails as the successful troop surge.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he hasn't discussed with the top military commander in Iraq any plans for a "pause" in troop reductions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The redeployment of some U.S. forces from Iraq by July remains on track, with further drawdowns contingent on ground conditions, a top military official said.
UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.
