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McCain Says US Succeeding in iraq As american Death Toll Hits 4,000

Five years after 'shock and awe' in Baghdad, Thair Younis, an Iraqi driver for NPR, reflects on the pain and suffering and harsh reality he has witnessed and lived through since the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime.

The FBI said Monday that it had recovered the remains of two kidnapped U.S. contractors in iraq.

To commemorate the 4,000th U.S. military death in iraq, relatives and friends remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their nation far from home.

The war's sixth year begins in Baghdad with rockets falling into the U.S.-protected Green Zone over the weekend, while the overall U.S. military death toll tops 4,000 after a roadside bombing claims more american lives. Army Maj. Gen. Bob Scales (Ret.) joins Robert Siegel.

Vice President Dick Cheney sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC News.

The FBI announced Monday that the remains of two U.S. security contractors in iraq have been recovered. Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Mo., were among six Western contractors kidnapped in separate incidents.

President Bush today said U.S. deaths in iraq had 'laid the foundations for peace for generations to come,' one day after the military announced its 4,000th death since the war started. The Democratic presidential candidates also noted the grim milestone, each calling for an end to the war.

The remains of two U.S. contractors kidnapped in iraq more than a year ago have been recovered, the FBI said Monday, weeks after families of several long-missing men gained hope that they might be found alive. Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas,...

The top US general in iraq says he has evidence Iran was behind Sunday's attack on Baghdad's Green Zone.