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HANSON: A tale of two surges

By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 26, 2011, photo, U.S. Army soldiers walk through Al Faw palace in Camp Victory Baghdad, Iraq. Victory Base Complex, as it's formally called by the military, started life as a country club for the Baghdad elite under Saddam. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Camp Victory: Icon of U.S. military now in Iraqi hands

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hold a joint news conference in Baghdad on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Biden, Iraqi leaders praise troops’ sacrifices

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Talks on Iraq mission for NATO stall

By Rebecca Santana and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. comments Wednesday about his recent trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Pakistan. He is known as a talkative politician, but as a child, he needed to overcome a terrible stutter. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Yes, Mr. Biden, victory in Iraq

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Pantano

For Marine, a rush to judgment and a belated vindication

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hold a joint news conference in Baghdad on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

In Iraq, Biden sees ‘new path’ after U.S. pullout

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Gen. Lloyd Austin (left), the top U.S. commander in Iraq, looks on as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) shakes hands with the James Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, upon Mr. Biden's arrival in Baghdad on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Biden on surprise visit to Iraq before U.S. pullout

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ruins of homes destroyed by Iranian artillery during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88 remain standing in Mandali, a mixed Kurdish-Arab city about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Iranian influence seeping into Iraq

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Biden arrives in Iraq ahead of U.S. troop pullout

Associated Press

Drawdowns wreak havoc on National Guard forces

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Security forces inspect the scene of a bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Three bombs went off in a popular open-air market Thursday evening, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Triple bombings in south Iraq kill 19, injure 64

By Nabil Al-Jurani - Associated Press

USO volunteer Pat Solomon of Sandy Springs, Ga., greets Army Pfc. Damien Snow, 20, of Rochester, N.Y., as he returns to his base at Fort Benning, Ga., at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday. "I want to tell them how I feel, and how the USO feels. It's amazing, what they do for the world," Mrs. Solomon says. (Associated Press)

USO volunteers greet Atlanta flights

By Errin Haines - Associated Press

London theater turns England’s riots into a drama

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Briefly: Middle East

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

After a meeting with GOP members of the supercommittee, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to vote on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

Boehner: War drawdown savings can’t go to jobs

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill on Nov. 15, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security issues relating to Iraq. (Associated Press)

Senators, defense leaders spar over Iraq

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Washington Times)

GOP senators rip Iraq pullout plan

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Kurdish government, ExxonMobil ink oil search deal

By Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press