Topic: Coalition Provisional Authority

Iraq ledger: War by the numbers

Reckoning the costs of war in Iraq will take years. Using federal government and other sources, analysts at the Center for American Progress have calculated an 'Iraq War Ledger.'

The Iraq war ends with a sovereign Iraq kicking US out

That the Iraqis were in a position to kick the US out is probably the main accomplishment of the Iraq war.

Iraq after US pullout – not a doomsday scenario

President Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today in Washington to discuss the US-Iraq relationship after the final US combat troop pullout this December. Worried pundits foresee the return of rampant terrorism and insurgency, and an Iranian takeover. They're wrong.

Lessons from Iraq for Libya? Don't do what the US did.

And remember that it is a very different place.

In his memoir, Donald Rumsfeld admits five mistakes, sort of

As former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says in his new memoir, "Known and Unknown," he is not one for wrestling with remorse. “Never much of a handwringer,” he writes. When Mr. Rumsfeld does share moments of decisionmaking doubt, he tends to emphasize the role that “others” played in leading him or the American public astray. Throughout the memoir, Rumsfeld is not averse to settling some old scores.

Here are five mistakes that Rumsfeld acknowledges having made, and the people he wishes would get blamed right along with him.

Can troops get too much love? Military struggles with a dark side on Veterans Day

As troops in war zones become accustomed to directing civil society, rather than the other way around, and are lauded at home, concern rises within the military that some are coming to see themselves as 'warrior kings.' For Veterans Day, a closer look at this worry.

Innovation center? How Israel became a 'Start-Up Nation.'

The recent New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation drew much attention to Israel as a global innovation center. Israel has more Nasdaq-listed companies than all Europe, but is this success sustainable? Venture capital funding fell sharply in 2009.

After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test

Sunday's Iraq election saw good turnout despite scattered violence. But with no party powerful enough to rule alone, the tough task of coalition building begins for the nascent democracy.

Former US ambassador to Iraq reflects on life outside green zone

Ryan Crocker was a major force in helping to turn around Iraq, Presidents Bush and Obama say.

Is diplomacy with Iran futile?

Experts gathered to debate US policy toward Iran, and then let the audience decide.

For some Iraqi war refugees, business is booming

Better security and infrastructure have created new opportunities for some of the 250,000 war refugees still living in Jordan.

Hot on the paper trail to the Iraq war

Douglas Feith's Pentagon memos trace the origin of the current US predicament.