1. No End In Sight

2. American Soldier Deaths in the Iraq War (Over 100,000 US Soldiers Killed, 31,929 Seriously Wounded) Official: 32,900 Deaths

3. Official Number of Iraqi Civilian Deaths: 48,859 People Estimated Number: 98,585 – 107,594 People

4. “A 2.5 trillion figure for the total cost strikes us as judicious, and probably errs on the low side. Needless to say, this number represents the cost only to the United States. It does not reflect the enormous cost to the rest of the world, or to Iraq.” – Times Union Article http://www.costofwar.com/

5. 1.No Provisional Iraqi Government -Elections for the National Assembly of Iraq were held on January 30, 2005 in Iraq. The 275-member National Assembly was a parliament created under the Transitional Law during the Occupation of Iraq. 2. deBa’athification of the Iraqi Culture, government and economy -This policy of “deBa’athification“, now widely seen as having created bitter, new divisions in the country, and fuelling the violence that has torn Iraq apart, was reversed in January 2008. 3. Disbanding the Iraqi Military -After two protesters were killed by U.S. troops, the CPA agreed to pay up to 250,000 former soldiers a stipend of $50 to $150 a month.

6. In February and March 2009, the Obama Administration announced its plans to increase troop levels in Afghanistan and decrease troop levels in Iraq. In Afghanistan, 30,000 more troops are deploying this year while in Iraq, troops will gradually decline from 50,000 to 35,000 by August 31, 2011 with all troops to be out of Iraq by December 31, 2011. Troop Levels The surge had been developed under the working title "The New Way Forward" and it was announced in January 2007 by Bush during a television speech. Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 soldiers into Iraq, five additional brigades, and sent the majority of them into Baghdad. The “Surge”

7. - Xe operates a tactical training facility that the company claims is the world's largest, where it trains more than 40,000 people a year - Xe is currently the largest of the U.S. State Department’s three private security contractors - Xe provided security services in Iraq to the United States federal government, particularly the Central Intellegence Agency on a contractual basis. - New Iraqi government made multiple attempts to expel them from their country, and denied their application for an operating license in January 2009. - Still under contract with the State Department

8. The current Prime Minister of Iraq is Nouri al-Maliki, who holds most of the executive authority and appoints the Council of Ministers, which acts as a cabinet and/or government. The current Presidency Council, a transitional replacement for the President of Iraq who serves largely as a figurehead with few powers, is composed of Jalal Talabini, Tariq al-Hashimi, and Adel Abdul Mehdi. Nouri al-Maliki Prime Minister

9. Staff Sgt. Derrick Farley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ge7ikipAyA Pfc. David Taylor Miller Miller was killed in action on June 21 when a suicide bomber attacked his unit in Lar Sholtan Village, Afghanistan. Nineteen-year-old Miller was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. In 2009 he graduated from Saratoga Springs High School, where he played varsity football and excelled in many subjects.

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