Former vice president Joe Biden said in a recent interview he agrees with Jim Mattis that the Obama administration’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq was a mistake, but that as vice president he tried to keep “a residual force” stationed there. ..…
'What happened in Iraq impacted your security and vice versa. Your policies impact the Middle East, too.' . . ..…
For 50 years, I have served the country, starting as a cadet at West Point, then as an infantry officer for six years, including with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam; then at the Department of Energy; then as a member of a Senate staff; then at NATO; then with the State Department here and abroad —..…
Joe Biden was an influential supporter of the 2003 Iraq invasion. Later, as Vice President, he supported the overthrow of the Libyan government. ..…
The chemistry between Chirac and Saddam is no secret and dated back to the 1970s, when the former was prime minister of France and the latter was vice president of Iraq. ..…
President Barzani and Vice President Pence discussed Iraq, including the importance of enhancing efforts to bring stability to the disputed territories and allowing for the return of Iraqis, including religious and ethnic minority communities, displaced by conflict.. Vice..…
If they don’t, if they continue to underestimate Iran the same way the Bush administration did with a far weaker Iraq in 2003, they risk another war of choice. ... -led invasion of Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney infamously stated: “I think it will go relatively..…
The Washington Post awarded Democratic Joe Biden two Pinnochios for his claim that he got 150,000 troops out of Iraq during his time as vice president.. I made sure the president turned to me and said, 'Joe, get our combat troops out of Iraq. ..…
Sanders challenges Biden over Iraq war . . July 20, 2019 . . Former US Vice President Joe Biden's support for the Iraq war has become a big trouble for him. ... And former vice president Joe Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War leaves him with a..…
President Trump’s team is imposing human rights sanctions on two commanders of Iranian-controlled militias that “terrorize the people of the Nineveh plain, which is still recovering from the days of ISIS’s brutal reign” in Iraq, the vice president announced. ..…
Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams It may be in Afghanistan or Iraq, Vice President Mike Pence told the graduating class at West Point, or it may be Korea or South China Sea or even against Russia, but one thing you can be sure of: You will see combat. ..…
Joe Biden's 2002 vote favor of authorizing military force against Iraq could hurt his support among the younger voting in Democratic primary, said Tyler Sinclair, Morning Consult's vice president.. ..…
In one now incident during the months leading up to the start of Iraq, then-Vice President Dick Cheney went on NBC's Meet Press and issued dire warning. ..…
Greater scrutiny, however, should be placed on Biden’s role in supporting dubious foreign policies during his tenure as Vice-President under Barack Obama. . In Iraq, for example, where he took the lead on foreign policy initiatives, Biden curried favor with the corrupt Nouri al-Maliki whom..…
Laura Soule after landing at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq July 7, 2006. . ... Vice President Joe Biden (right) talks with his son, Army Capt. Beau Biden in Iraq in 2009. . . . ..…
In 2010, I argued strongly against pulling all our troops out of Iraq,” Mattis writes. (Earlier in the book, he recounts a discussion he had on the subject in Baghdad with Vice President Joe Biden, who was in charge of Iraq policy but 'ignoring reality' and uninterested in the..…
Iraqi Republic Railways Company Chief Salib al-Hussaini has said Iran, Iraq and Syria are considering a transnational railway project. . Alongside important new economic agreements with both Iraq and Syria, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri spoke of an initiative to link..…
Unlike Iraq, Iran has been existence for centuries with vast territory and population. Vice President Cheney and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld dismissed our concerns claimed that U.S military and administration following the invasion would be able to control Iraq. ..…
The House majority leader voted for the Iraq war, as did the vice president of the United States. . ..…
Feeling duped, he declared his opposition to the war in 2005 and pressed the administration for an exit strategy from Iraq. . ... Jones was particularly galled by Vice President Dick Cheney’s false statements that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. . ..…
-appointed oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, announced Iraq’s return to good standing in the organization and full commitment to collectively pricing. . ... As the fighting subsided, starting in 2008, the U.S. pressure for the continuation and amplification of its neoliberal policies became..…
She served in a medical unit of the Hawaii National Guard and was deployed in Kuwait and Iraq. . In 2016, Gabbard resigned as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), after endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. ..…
My country welcomes the presence and participation of Iranian companies for reconstruction of different regions Iraq, in meeting with Hassan Danayeefar, advisor to Iranian first vice-president for economic relations with Iraq.. ..…
The bill’s signing comes as concerns had been raised earlier this year that Christian communities in Iraq were still struggling to receive aid from the U.S. government despite vows from Vice President Mike Pence to deliver much-needed aid to these communities. . ... “There has been a..…
The Court unanimously upheld an order that Makuch must hand over to police the copies of the conversations he had with Farah Shirdon, originally of Calgary, who had said he became involved with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. . . Vice had argued in court that journalists should not..…
In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, Iraq's vice president Adel Abdul-Mahdi is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. ..…
Mike Gapes MP, former LFI Vice-Chair(Voted for the war on Iraq. Abstained or not present during 2016 vote to withdraw UK support for Saudi war against Yemen. ... Barry Gardiner MP, former vice-chair of LFI (Voted for war on Iraq, and supported the Israeli onslaught on Gaza..…
'Even if the US president changed, the hostile policies against the world will not change,” Sadr said in a statement on Thursday, stressing that Washington’s approach toward the Middle East and Iraq will not alter no matter who the president and vice president are, and which political..…
WASHINGTON -- Long new federal court filing asserts that it was Bush who authorized release of once-classified intelligence about Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction in the summer of 2003.. Libby, the vice chief of staff indicted on obstruction of justice charges in the..…
Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell stepped up their defense of the U.S. ... The vice president read two paragraphs from the report, including one also noted by Bush, that began, 'Iraq's WMD programs spanned more than two decades, involved..…
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday defended Bush to Iraq, arguing that ignoring the Saddam Hussein posed would have been in the extreme... ..…
It convinced Vice President Dick Cheney that Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran were ripe for a campaign to overthrow their leaders. ..…
Soon after meeting with Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, who reportedly stressed Baghdad’s opposition to Kurdish independence, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia would support a “peaceful” implementation of the referendum. . ..…
Designed to deter North Korea from launching a war while the United States was involved in fighting against Iran or Iraq (or vice versa,) the idea helped give form to the Department of Defense’s procurement, logistical and basing strategies in the post–Cold War, when the United States no..…
His comments came soon after he held a meeting in Moscow with Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, who reportedly stressed Baghdad’s opposition to Kurdish independence. . ..…
In riveting report from Vice's Sam Koebrich, Kurds Erbil, Iraq the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and among the most cities in the nation tell the magazine that they appreciate the work of American soldiers in stabilizing the country and ridding it of Saddam Hussein. ... Kurdish tie to..…
Bush himself asked me to try to pin the blame for 9-11 on Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney propagated a myth that a hijacker had met with Iraqi intelligence officials in Prague, even though we knew at the time Cheney said it that the report was false and that the hijacker was in Virginia at..…
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden has arrived on unannounced visit to Iraq following earlier stops Afghanistan and Pakistan.. ..…
BAGHDAD -- One of Iraq's vice presidents vetoed the country's new Wednesday, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of holding crucial national elections January disrupting the withdrawal next year of U.S troops. ..…
Iraq ballot may face delay . Vice president threatens veto if election law not amended. . . ... BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president threatened Sunday to veto the country's election law unless changes are made giving Iraqis living abroad more guaranteed seats..…
It's clear that you've got environment now during the 52-minute teleconference the president had with Iraq's prime minister, president and two vice presidents, White House press Tony Snow said. ..…
Yes, it included Gates; then-national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, a determined opponent of the current Iraq war; and Baker, who is now head of a bipartisan group searching for a new Iraq policy. But Vice President Cheney was a charter member of the Bush 41 administration. ..…
“I welcome you as my personal friend,” Chirac told Saddam, then vice president of Iraq. . ..…
Critics have accused the president and other administration officials of falsely inflating the links between Iraq and al Qaeda in the months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. . Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech Monday in Florida, raised eyebrows by reasserting claims that..…
On Sept. 22, a new constitution is introduced. . 1969 - Saddam is elected vice chairman of the Baath Party. . 1971 - Iraq begins a program to establish chemical weapons, setting up a research facility at Rashad, northeast of Baghdad. . 1972 - The country nationalizes the Iraq Petroleum Co. ..…