
AFP/POOL US Vice President Joseph Biden on Friday warned Iraqi officials that Washington would politically disengage if sectarian and ethnic strife resumed as he warned of a "hard road ahead". 4 h ago
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AFP/POOL US Vice President Joseph Biden , US Ambassador Christopher Hill and General Ray Odierno are seen at a US military base near Baghdad. Biden on Friday warned Iraqi officials that Washington would politically disengage if sectarian and ethnic strife resumed as he warned of a "hard road ahead". 4 h ago
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AFP/POOL US Vice President Joseph Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki give a press conference following a meeting in Baghdad. Biden on Friday warned Iraqi officials that Washington would politically disengage if sectarian and ethnic strife resumed as he warned of a "hard road ahead". 4 h ago
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AFPTV/POOL US Vice President Joe Biden was to hold talks with Iraqi leaders on Friday focused on bridging the country's sectarian divide ahead of a complete American military pullout in 2011. 4 h ago
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AFP/POOL US Vice President Joseph Biden , Gen. Ray Odierno and US Ambassador Christopher Hill meet with representatives from Iraqi NGOs at a US military base near Baghdad. Biden on Friday warned Iraqi officials that Washington would politically disengage if sectarian and ethnic strife resumed as he warned of a "hard road ahead". 4 h ago
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AFP/File The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday, quoting Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, seen here in June 2009. 9 h ago
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AFP/File US President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday. 10 h ago
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AFP U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden , U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill and Gen Ray Odierno are seen at a U.S. military base near Baghdad. A fiery protest marked the start of Biden's visit to Iraq, with supporters of the Shiite anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burning the Stars and Stripes. 12 h ago
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AFP/File US Vice President Joe Biden, seen here in May 2009, is to hold talks with Iraqi leaders that are aimed at bridging the country's sectarian divide ahead of a complete American military pullout in 2011. 15 h ago
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AFP Graphics Total deaths of US soldiers in Iraq. US Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with Iraqi leaders that will be focused on bridging the country's sectarian divide ahead of a complete American military pull-out in 2011. 15 h ago
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AFP/POOL/File US Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with General Ray Odierno as he begins a visit to Iraq to bridge the country's sectarian divide ahead of a complete American military pull-out in 2011. 15 h ago
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AFP/POOL/File The White House said on Tuesday that Vice President Joe Biden would work closely with General Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq seen here, and the US ambassador to Baghdad, Christopher Hill, as US forces prepare to leave the country for good. 17 h ago
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AFP US President Barack Obama said the latest surge in job losses was "sobering," after new government figures pushed the unemployment rate to a new 26-year high of 9.5 percent. 23 h ago
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AFP/File US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in May 2009, flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq's towns and cities. 1 d ago
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AFP US President Barack Obama, seen here making remarks on the economy in the Rose Garden, said the latest surge in job losses was "sobering," after new government figures pushed the unemployment rate to a new 26-year high of 9.5 percent. 1 d ago
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AFP US President Barack Obama, standing alongside the leaders of companies throughout the US and administration officials at the White House, said the latest surge in job losses was "sobering," after new government figures pushed the unemployment rate to a new 26-year high of 9.5 percent. 1 d ago
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AFP/File US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured in May 2009, was visiting Baghdad Thursday in a surprise trip just days after US forces completed their pullout from Iraqi cities, the White House said. 1 d ago
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AFP/File US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 1, 2009, was "deeply disappointed" by the country's jobless figures which pushed the unemployment rate to a 26-year high, his spokesman said Thursday. 1 d ago
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