Senate Republicans Wednesday defeated a measure to enforce rest periods between deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan, which would have curbed Bush's ability to sustain current US forces in Iraq.
Iraq?s Ministry of Interior is proposing a reshaping of how American diplomats in Iraq are protected. The U.S. Embassy said today that some convoys had resumed.
AP - Two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University early Friday, and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman, officials said.
AP - A top American commander on Friday accused Iran of supplying powerful roadside bombs to militants in Afghanistan and said the U.S. would "act decisively" if the cross-border flow continues.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had ordered a "full and complete review" of security practices for U.S. diplomats following a deadly weekend incident in Iraq involving private guards protecting a U.S. embassy convoy in Baghdad.
All Blackwater USA operations in Iraq will be back to normal on Saturday, a highly placed industry source told CNN today. A deadly shootout on Sunday prompted the Iraqi government to bar the firm from operating.
Authorities in Alexandria, Louisiana, arrested two people after nooses were seen hanging from a pickup Thursday night, the city's mayor told CNN. Alexandria is near Jena where thousands protested the treatment of black teens known as the "Jena 6."