Congress takes a stand on Iraq

JUST A YEAR ago, President Bush pointed to Tal Afar, a town in northwestern Iraq, as an example of progress. Once a bastion of the insurgency, the area was cleared without a fight by US and Iraqi troops in late 2005, leading Bush to say that the success gave him "confidence in our strategy." (Full article: 474 words)

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