Iraq
Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
After 20 years, Dina Al Bayati remains scarred by the conflict that “everyone lost.”
The focus now shifts to the Republican-controlled House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been noncommittal.
Despite thousands of lives and trillions of dollars lost, some Republicans argue that good things came out of the war and the invasion was ultimately worth it.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The push to repeal the 2002 Iraq War and 1991 Gulf War authorizations for military force have steadily gained bipartisan momentum in recent years.
The 2002 law authorizing the use of military force against Iraq's Saddam Hussein could be repealed after 20 years.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, one of the key whistleblowers in exposing the Flint water crisis, shares her family’s story of immigrating to the U.S. from Iraq to escape oppression. She and Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee discuss Trump’s policies on immigration and refugees.
Shaw was best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad.
“This is not a revolution,” said Muqtada al-Sadr, whose supporters stormed Baghdad's Green Zone after he said he was leaving politics.
An influential Shiite cleric announced that he will resign from Iraqi politics, and hundreds of his angry followers responded by storming the government palace.