WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he agrees with President Barack Obama's reported plan for troop withdrawals from Iraq.

ERBIL, Iraq, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The people of Iraqi Kurdistan are pleased with emerging developments in the new Iraq, Kurdish leaders told departing American envoy Ryan Crocker.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker received the Medal of Freedom Thursday for helping build "a more peaceful world," President George W. Bush said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presided over the inaugural Iraqi-U.S. Higher Coordination Committee Tuesday.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The new U.S. Embassy in Iraq was dedicated in Baghdad Monday, with Iraqi ministers and American diplomats in attendance, officials said.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush Sunday during a news conference in the Iraqi prime minister's office in Baghdad.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari endorsed a framework Nov. 17 for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The Iraqi Parliament in its Thursday session gave its consent to the agreement but set the matter for a public referendum in 2009.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Tuesday Iraq isn't quite at the point where it can take care of its own security needs.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Reaching an agreement on the legal framework for a U.S. troop withdrawal may not be possible without some amendments, a Sunni lawmaker said.