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...Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu...
...Iraqi government, for its part, has asked that all U.S. troops be pulled out of Iraqi cities by June 2009 and out of Iraq by 2012. That remains part of the Status of Forces draft agreement currently being renegotiated between Washington and Baghdad, to create a legal framework for the operation of U.S. troops in Iraq when their current mandate expires on January 1. Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, says he is confident that the Obama administration will not pull U.S. troops out of Iraq too quickly. Obama has agreed to "consult with the Iraqi government...
...need an alarm clock anymore." - David Axelrod, political consultant, on Emanuel's early-morning phone calls during the 2006 Congressional race (TIME, June 4, 2006) Quotes from...
...state of relations between the U.S. and Iran could prove to be decisive in Iran's own presidential elections, coming in June 2009, when President Ahmadinejad's seat will be up for grabs. With Obama in charge, many now see real prospects for U.S.-Iran rapprochement, especially if a reformist or moderate President takes up the job here in June. "If [ former reformist President Mohammed] Khatami should decide to run," said a 33-year-old beautician, "it's a done deal." (Read "World Leaders React to Obama...
...This was a must. We had to destroy the tunnel," one Israeli official told TIME. "Hamas was going to use it to try kidnapping more Israeli soldiers." Corporal Gilad Shalit, captured by Palestinian militants in June 2006 during a cross-border raid, is still being held in Gaza, and Hamas is hoping to trade him for hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails. The last thing the Israeli army wants is for Hamas to grab another hostage...