Obama speaks on Iraq in Washington
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) delivers an address on America's Iraq policy during a speech in Washington on July 15, 2008. Obama said if he were elected one of his first priorities would be to begin a troop withdraw from Iraq and refocus on finding Osama Bin Laden. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Here is a transcript of remarks delivered Tuesday by U.S. President Barack Obama at the memorial ceremony for those killed in last Thursday's shooting spree:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- As the FBI's cyber sleuths comb through Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's hard drive, they will quickly conclude that this Virginia-born shrink of Jordanian-Palestinian descent inhabited an electronic global caliphate, the ummah, or universal community of Muslim believers, next to which the nation-state -- even one as powerful as the United States -- pales into insignificance.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Muslims attending a New York mosque hear a message of peace inside while two radical converts outside preach hate for the United States.
UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- If we are successful beyond President Obama's wildest dreams -- e.g., the Taliban is wiped out and a tough new Afghan government does not allow al-Qaida or other terrorists to conspire against us on their territory -- would that make us safer from radical Islam? The answer, of course, is no, because this is not about geography.
UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A jihadist group suspected of having links to al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for a fumbled rocket attack against Israel from South Lebanon on Oct. 27, the fifth such attack this year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The key to a successful exit from Afghanistan is tribal. The U.S. government urgently needs to upgrade its knowledge of Afghan tribal loyalties.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.