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** FILE ** In this April 24, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd after speaking at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy, Pool)

Obama touts end of wars, heads to swing-state campaign appearances

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

President Obama walks Aug. 31, 2012, on the tarmac upon his arrival at Biggs Airfield at Fort Bliss, Texas, with Gen. Lloyd Austin (right), vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, to greet members of the military and their families. (Associated Press)

Obama marks Iraq war end with troops

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Aug. 29, 2012, at the American Legion National Convention in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)

Romney vows to reverse defense cuts, improve VA

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Iraq's Prime Minister is defending a decision to ban hundreds of candidates from the upcoming election, saying that it would not hurt Sunni turnout for next Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Inside the Ring: Iraq backing Iran

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Waiters serve customers in a Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken restaurant in Baghdad. A wave of new American-style restaurants is spreading across the Iraqi capital, enticing customers hungry for alternatives to traditional offerings. (Associated Press)

Burgers are big in Baghdad

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Burger boom as fast food finds fans in Baghdad

By ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to American service members with the International Security Assistance Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/D. Myles Cullen, Department of Defense)

Joint Chiefs chairman’s visit to Iraq includes talks on Syria

Associated Press

Nicholas Weichel stands next to the casket of his father, Rhode Island National Guard Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., who was killed in Afghanistan. The conflict is no longer a hot topic with most Americans, even with 88,000 U.S. troops still fighting there and 2,000 having died there. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan is America’s forgotten war

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

In this photograph made on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, rows of housing containers formerly occupied by the US military are seen at Baghdad, airport. Iraqi government plans to move here some 3,300 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, who spent past three decades at Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Top U.N. official in Iraq ‘misled’ world on camp for Iranians

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Briefly: Attacks on Palestinians kindle debate on values

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** U.S. Marines patrol outside Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, in February 2010. (Associated Press)

Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson lost his right leg after being hit by an RPG in Tal Afar, Iraq, in October 2003. He's currently stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the Army's Marksmanship Unit. (Andrew S. Geraci)

An RPG took Josh Olson’s leg, but not sharpshooter’s spirit

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign affairs minister who was named Friday as the new U.N. envoy for Syria, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Paris on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

U.N. special envoy seeks unified voice on Syria

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

Kuwait drama on war unity contrasts current feuds

By HUSSAIN AL-QATARI - Associated Press

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, on Aug. 16, 2012. Five separate bombings in central and northern Iraq killed and wounded scores of people, police said. (Associated Press)

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 22

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

A Syrian boy arrives at a field hospital after an airstrike hit homes on the outskirts of Aleppo on Wednesday. As bloodshed increases in Syria, critics say President Obama has relied too heavily on the United Nations. (Associated Press)

Obama vs. Romney on Syria policy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies Feb. 14, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee to outline the Pentagon's budget. (Associated Press)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempsey to visit Iraq this month

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Economy Briefs: New Barclays chairman vows total review

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this July 6, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris. The United States is readying new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and its allies as Clinton heads to Turkey on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, for weekend talks with top Turkish officials and Syrian opposition activists. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)

U.S. officials: Al Qaeda gaining foothold in Syria

By Bradley Klapper and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Briefly: 15 police officers charged with mistreatment in Bahrain

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES