In February 2009, President Obama laid out a clear and achievable goal shared by the American and Iraqi people: an Iraq that is 'sovereign, stable, and self-reliant.'
I believe that Ambassador Jeffrey and the State Department continue to work very closely with the Iraqis to ensure that religious minorities...
This fulfills the pledge made by President Bush and now by President Obama in his February 2009 strategy for Iraq.
they ought to be grandfathered. We have made a commitment to those that have deployed.
DOD requires appropriate legal protections for U.S. troops, wherever they are deployed.
The time has come for Iraq to take control of its destiny.
if maximum sequestration is triggered, DOD would face huge cuts in its budgets.
In my view, the U.S.-ROK alliance remains one of the cornerstones of U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region and is as strong and viable to...
[t]he evidence that our oceans face a greater array of problems than ever before in our nation's history surrounds us.
What we once considered inexhaustible and resilient is, in fact, finite and fragile.
We're still in negotiations with the Iraqis.