Negroponte sees Iraq success without Iran, Syria
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A democratic Iraq can still emerge from sectarian violence, but the United States does not plan to open talks with Syria and Iran on stabilizing the country, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.
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President insists he has winning strategy in Iraq even as report says Iraqi government has failed to stem violence and bring about reconciliation.
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Iraqâs ambassador to the United States backs the Petraeus plan, calls for Iran to âstop interferingâ in his countryâs affairsâand expects a continued American presence there for a long time to come.
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Resolving Iraq may be easy compared with the challenge of its neighbor's nuclear program
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US intelligence chief John Negroponte rejects claims that the terror threat has increased since the Iraq invasion.
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John Kerry once claimed that unnamed foreign leaders were hoping he&#39;d win the election. Maybe he meant Jacques Chirac or Osama bin Laden - but, clearly, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is not among Kerry&#39;s supporters.
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Syria, which Washington has accused of  failing to stop militants entering Iraq, has reached a border  cooperation deal with its neighbor, Foreign Minister Farouq  al-Shara said on Sunday.
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Incoming number-two US diplomat John Negroponte has said Washington should adopt an engagement policy at all levels with China, which is countering traditional US influence in Asia.
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Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte called for a peaceful democratic transition from military rule but did not criticize Mondayâs deportation of an opposition leader.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in  his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed  to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences  over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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A Revolutionary Guards commander turned diplomat says Washington is ignoring a key asset in Iraq: Iran.
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The UN chief says the US is stuck in Iraq, as he urges Syria and Iran to help bring stability to the country.
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Sen. Pete Domenici on Thursday withdrew his support of President Bush's Iraq war policy and embraced instead a proposal to bring home most troops by next March.
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The former UN chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, has said the United States failed to control suspected nuclear sites in Iraq after last year&#39;s invasion, allowing crucial equipment to disappear.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani estimated that the Iraqi army will be in a position to take over from the Americans at the end of 2008, and rejected calls by Democrats for the United States to start withdrawing troops and turning over responsibility to the Iraqis within weeks.
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Suspicions have been proven correct. Iraq did not have any weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) when the US and allies invaded in March 2003, nor did it have the capability to produce WMDs
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.