US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has held talks with Sunni tribal leaders in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.

BAGHDAD (AFP) — White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday met anti-Qaeda fighters in Iraq's former rebel stronghold of Anbar, after conceding that a

By Greg Sargent - July 23, 2008, 4:14PM Now we have a McCain surrogate explaining away McCain's flubbing of the Anbar Awakening and surge timing by saying

Katie Couric's CBS Evening News interview with Sen. John McCain is getting some attention, not for what was said, but for what was not said,

John McCain's frequently cited gaffes have been a source of amusement or concern, depending on your perspective. Either (ha!) he's a doddering old fool who

RUSH: This is, again, from the correspondent Terry Moran at the All Barack Channel, the American Barack Channel, and their program Barack Nightline.

Only someone wearing ideological blinkers could claim that the surge has not transformed the security situation in Iraq and provided the space necessary for

AP Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Democrat Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war. In this photo released by the US Army on Monday,

Colonel McFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others.

AP Barack Obama is wrapping up his Iraq stop by meeting with Sunni tribal leaders who have joined US and Iraqi forces in the fight against insurgents.

By Dean Yates BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama traveled to Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday to meet Sunni Arab tribal

US army soldiers look at an Iraqi boy selling sweets during a patrol on July 3, 2008 in the Sadr city Shiite district of Baghdad, Iraq.

White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday ended a high-profile tour to Iraq by sharing a common vision with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of withdrawing