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AMMAN, Jordan, July 21 -- When Sen. Barack obama left Washington last week, he was under pressure to defend what Republican critics called an arbitrary deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat forces from Iraq. By Monday, the White House and rival Sen. John mccain's presidential campaign were at pains...

BAGHDAD, July 21 -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama conferred with senior Iraqi leaders, U.S. officials and military commanders Monday, as a spokesman for the Iraqi government declared that it would like U.S. combat forces to complete their withdrawal by the end of 2010.

For all the media hoopla about the Ted Kennedy endorsement, the Al Gore endorsement, the hillary clinton endorsement, I wonder whether Barack obama has just received the most important endorsement of the campaign.

AMMAN, Jordan, July 22 -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama Tuesday defended his proposal to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq over a 16-month period and send more troops to afghanistan, despite what he acknowledged was the opposition to any pullout timeline from the U.S. commander in...

AP - The Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with a Democratic plan to curb speculation in oil markets that has been blamed for some of the recent run-up in oil prices.

AP - A federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion, Congress' top budget analyst said Tuesday.

AP - Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives.

AP - The chairman of the House Homeland security Committee says he might pursue new gun restrictions in response to a recently enacted Georgia law that could allow people to carry concealed firearms in parts of the Atlanta airport.

AP - Federal aviation inspectors would have to wait two years before taking airline jobs where they deal with their old government boss under legislation passed by the House Tuesday.