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** FILE ** This Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, file booking photo provided by the Sudbury, Mass., Police Department shows Tarek Mehanna, of Sudbury, after he was arrested and charged with conspiring to plot terror attacks. The jury found him guilty, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, on four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities after deliberating for about 10 hours. (AP Photo/Sudbury Police Department, File)

Mass. man convicted of conspiring to help al Qaeda

By Laura Crimaldi - Associated Press

President Obama (center) and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) greet Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, on the apron at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Biden welcome home U.S. commander in Iraq

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama not responsible for end of Iraq war

The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

PIPES: Tehran holds Obama re-election wild card

By Daniel Pipes - The Washington Times

Iraq's Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni. (Associated Press)

Arrest warrant issued for Iraqi vice president

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

N.C. soldier, 23, was last U.S. Iraq War death

By Don Babwin and Tom Breen - Associated Press

A member of the Iraqi army waves the national flag after a ceremony signing over Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah in Iraq, the last United States base in the country, to the Iraqi air force on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)

Iraqis celebrate U.S. exit but worry for future

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (right) is escorted to a military hearing at Fort Meade,, Md., on Sunday that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. The hearing entered its third day Sunday. (Associated Press)

Private linked to sensitive data

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (second from left) is escorted from a courthouse in handcuffs on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Officer says Manning had high understanding of enemy threats in Iraq

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, the last American unit to leave Iraq, arrive at Camp Virginia in Kuwait. (Associated Press)

Iraqis celebrate American exit but worry for future

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Elama Palemene greets his wife, Annaden (right), and children Ko' Elani (left) and Pe' Ela during an early morning welcome-home ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas, for about 300 soldiers returning home from deployment in Iraq on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Erich Schlegel)

Fort Hood: 300 troops home from Iraq for holidays

By Angela K. Brown - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama: Washington can learn a lot from the troops

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This undated file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private suspected of being the source of some of the unauthorized classified information disclosed on the WikiLeaks website. (AP Photo, File)

Manning’s sexual orientation is raised at military hearing

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

The last convoy of solders from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Elated, the last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

** FILE ** Essayist Christopher Hitchens speaks during a debate on Iraq and the foreign policies of the United States and Britain, in this Sept. 14, 2005, file photo taken in New York. Vanity Fair reports Hitchens died on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Chad Rachman)

Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. John McCain (Associated Press)

U.S. hands over alleged terrorist to Iraq

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

ON THEIR OWN: Iraqi army soldiers train with an M1 Abrams tank, purchased from the U.S., during an exercise in Baghdad.

Gear galore left in Iraq as last troops pull out

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center right) walks across the apron with Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III (center left), commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, after arriving in Baghdad on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Mr. Panetta was participating in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Panetta formally shuts down U.S. war in Iraq

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Manning

Manning documents reveal security lapses

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times