Obama: After Decade Of War, Nation We Will Now Build Is Our Own

In his announcement of the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq, President Obama said the country’s focus will now shift from “a decade of war” toward the U.S. economy. (0:33)

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Obama: Troops Will Leave Iraq With Heads Held High

In his announcement of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, President Obama said the last soldiers will “cross the border out of Iraq with their heads held high.” (0:26)

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Obama Confident In The Future Iraq

Announcing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, President Obama expresses his confidence in an Iraq that is “stable, secure and self-reliant…worthy of their history as a cradle of civilization.” (0:08)

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Obama: Relationship With Iraq Will Be 'Normal' One

Announcing the withdrawal of troops in Iraq, President Obama described the United States’ relationship with Iraq, starting Jan. 1, 2012, as “a normal relationship between sovereign nations.” (0:21)

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Obama: Troops Will Be Home For The Holidays

President Obama announced the end of the war in Iraq Friday saying “our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. (0:06)

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Without Iraq Invasion, Afghanistan Would Have Been Successful, Says Author

Notable author and political scientist Dan Caldwell notes the influence of the Iraq war on the ability of the United Sates to carry out its mission in Afghanistan Thursday. Caldwell’s latest book, “Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq,” focuses on the historic and political elements of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (0:11)

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Competition For Critical Resources Shifted Focus From Afghanistan To Iraq, Says Author

Notable author and political scientist Dan Caldwell discusses the influence of the Iraq war on the effectiveness of the United States’ mission in Afghanistan Thursday. “Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq,” focuses on the historic and political elements of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - two conflicts he argues are integrally related (0:46)

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Obama: It's Time To Turn The Page In Iraq

President Barack Obama delivers a primetime address to the nation from inside the Oval Office.

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Iraqi Politician Says Turmoil In Iraq Will Not Be Solved By Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi politician Saleh Muhamed al-Mutlaq says his country's political condition won't be settled by troop withdrawal, but can be settled by dialogue between the two countries. (0:16)
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James Bovard: "Obama acts like federal spending is a magic wand"

Talk Radio News, Victoria Jones, interviews author, James Bovard at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Bovard talks about why he thinks President Obama's new Iraq war strategy is a step in the right direction and talks about the U.S. budget. Bovard says, "Obama acts like federal spending is a magic wand." (09:47)
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Veterans express their support for Obama

The Obama Campaign held a conference call today with veterans of the war in Iraq to discuss why they have chosen to support the Illinois Senator (26:24).
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Iraqi teens flee country, fated to be prostitutes

At a discussion hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Iraqi Prime Minister and current member of Parliament, Ayad Allawi, describes the failures of the Parliament to create democracy. He says millions of Iraqis would not be fleeing their country if it was a free democracy. He says fourteen-year-old Iraqi girls fled the country to be prostitutes in Syria rather than remain in unstable Iraq. (1:03)
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IRAQ: Fixing the contracting problem with the same company that caused it

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) asks Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of the Defense, about the absurdity of allowing Kellog, Brown, and Root (KBR), the same company accused of improper electric wiring, to inspect the facilities in Iraq. England says that an independent group will be hired to assist KBR. (1:38)
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The situation is improving, but still not enough staff for injured soldiers

Chairwoman Susan Davis (D-Cali.) of the House Armed Services Committee describes the staff shortage in care centers for wounded soldiers. (1:15)
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Veteran care has improved since beginning of Iraq War

Frederick Downs, Jr., chief prosthetics and clinical logistics officer in the Veterans Affairs Office of Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics, explains that at the beginning of the Iraq War, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had two problems: The gaps between the VA and Depart of Defense (DoD) that prevented veterans from being treated, and the VA's reputation for not providing quality prostheses. (1:41)
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Contracting in Iraq is like the "wild wild west"

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) talks about how contractors hoard large amounts of cash. Sen. Dorgan says the saw a photograph of contractors standing in front a pile of $2 million.
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Iraq contractor lacks supplies and professionalism

Jeffrey Bliss, former electrician for Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) in Iraq, reveals the general incompetence of the contractor to the Senate.
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Mother of dead soldier testifies to Senate

Cheryl Harris, whose son was electrocuted in Iraq because faulty wiring, talks about her son's tragedy and how contractors should be held accountable. (1:20)
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Code Pink red with anger

Four women from Code Pink, a group that protests injustice and the Iraq War, discuss their encounter with staff of the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the United States Capitol Police at a hearing in which former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove failed to appear under subpoena. The women were told to remove clothing with political statements and hats under threat of arrest. The women accuse the committee of censorship and say that Rove suffers no consequences for failing to come before Congress while they are threatened with arrest for expressing their right to free speech. (4:12)
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McClellan discusses the White House's propaganda campaign

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says that the lead-up to the war in Iraq was a "propaganda campaign" and cites the White House's "permanent campaign mentality" as the way Iraq was sold to the American public as a grave danger to the United States. (0:26)
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