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Army Staff Sgt. David Julian told CNN fighting for iraq's children made everything worth it. 'Without Americans willing to pay the price, who's going to?' he said. Julian and four others were killed in March. Now, those who survived talk about the pain of moving on.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The United States will prod Sunni Arab states to offer more support to the Iraqi government at a conference in Sweden this week as a way of countering the growing influence of non-Arab Iran in iraq.

Renee Montagne talks with U.S. Army Captain David Moses. He served two tours in iraq, and will be one of the speakers marking Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today. Moses was one of the thousands of children in Sudan displaced by civil war. He is known as one of the 'Lost Boys.' He tells us how serving in iraq reminded him of the rough days he survived as a child in Sudan.

Nechirvan Barzani tells VOA Kurdish service in exclusive interview Saturday that people should not underestimate progress that has been made in iraq since US forces toppled Sadam Hussein in 2003

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says iraq's military has been presenting itself well - not just in troop performance on the battlefield, but in the military's ability to supply and support the troops during these three simultaneous operations

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anti-war Democrat Barack Obama and republican john mccain, a strong backer of the iraq conflict, were reaching out to veterans on Monday, the country's Memorial Day holiday, as the presidential candidates inched closer to a likely faceoff in the November general election....

Government tightens its grip on the key industry

FIFA is to decide on Tuesday whether to suspend iraq from international competition ahead of this weekend's World Cup qualifier against Australia, its president Sepp Blatter said.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - republican presidential candidate john mccain said on Monday that the United States should stay the course in iraq even though he was 'sick at heart' at mistakes made in the conflict.

AP - As of Monday, May 26, 2008, at least 4,082 members of the U.S. military have died in the iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.