| President Lays Out Security Strategy Based in Diplomacy President Obama, speaking to graduating cadets at the United States Military Academy, repudiated his predecessor’s emphasis on unilateral American power and the right to wage pre-emptive war. feeds.nytimes.com |
Killers Stalk Politicians as Iraq Seeks Government Some 150 political figures have been assassinated since the election in March created a power vacuum. nytimes.com |
Iraq's Excuser-in-Chief Speaks Up Who, all of a sudden, has piped up from his Baghdad prison cell and urged President Obama not to proceed with American troop withdrawal schedule? None other than Tariq Aziz, an incongruous figure as the chief apologist for one of modern history's most murderous regimes. feeds.nytimes.com |
U.S. Hiker Is Freed in Iran, Her Lawyer Says Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers held in Iran, has been released from prison, Reuters reports. feeds.nytimes.com |
In Afghan South, U.S. Faces Frustrated Residents Forces moving southwest of Kandahar can expect to find a disillusioned population in a badly damaged land. feeds.nytimes.com |