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On Capitol Hill yesterday, an american soldier named Matthis Chiroux publicly announced his refusal to deploy to iraq.

A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues.

For many recruits of al-Qaida in iraq, it's the chance to make money, not extremism or ideology, that attracted them — so many are released from U.S. military prisons because they are not that dangerous. A U.S. general is offering classes and a parole system to help keep them out of prison once they are freed.

The 26-year-old Princeton alum has been stop-lossed in Sadr City. Over the next few months, he'll be answering listeners' questions about his experience. In his first batch of answers, he discusses how he fills his spare time, why his soldiers sometimes make fun of him and what he'd tell a kid who's considering a future in the military.

The president's funding request to pay for the war in iraq has been defeated in the House. Many Republicans sat out the vote on the $163 billion measure in protest over spending added to the measure by Democrats. The Senate is expected to revive the funding measure next week.

Portion of legislation to provide money requested by President Bush for military operations in iraq and Afghanistan into next year rejected

Sen. john mccain said Thursday that most american troops would be home from iraq by 2013 and that the nation would be a functioning democracy with only 'spasmodic' episodes of violence. The comments were a striking departure from his usual refusal to set a date for American withdrawal.

Iraq's prime minister is overseeing a crackdown on al-Qaida in iraq

Robert Gates says US should develop some leverage on Iran and then hold talks with regime that US government says supports global terrorism and sponsors insurgents in Iraq

All charged with setting up recruitment network in northeastern Paris to send would-be fighters to join iraq insurgency