"Shortly after taking office, I announced our new strategy for Iraq and for a transition to full Iraqi responsibility."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

For example, the median age in Iraq is 19.5.

例如，伊拉克人口的年龄中值为19。5岁。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It is going on for many years actually from the time of operation providr comfort with which I was involved in Northern Iraq when we realised that we would have civilian problems we need to develope civilian capacity to deal with these things.

这种状况已经持续了很多年了,从一开始在阿富汗北部,我参与的提供安慰行动,那时候我们就意识到我们缺少平民,我们需要更多的平民来解决这些问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"President Obama needs to show that he has a plan for Iraq and Afghanistan, that he is implementing it, and that it is working,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

So this is a subtle thing because you think about the current election, there's a debate about whether Hilary Clinton, for example, can choose right now to be at the center of the democratic party given her past history of votes, for example, on the Iraq War.

这是个微妙的事情,因为你联想到现在的选举,举个例子,关于希拉里·克林顿能否选择,作为民主党竞选中间派参选就颇有争议,考虑到她的参选记录,例如在伊拉克战争中

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But at the same time,Admiral Mullen, who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed confidence that with a solid Afghan partner, an increase in U.S.forces can bring a measure of security and stability to Afghanistan within a few years, as the 2007/2008 "surge" helped provide an opportunity for Iraq to move forward in a more secure environment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

He set a time limit for withdrawal of most American troops from Iraq, while increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

Officials say he shot at unarmed soldiers and civilians as troops were preparing for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

A recent security agreement between Iraq and the United States sets a plan for American troop withdrawal by 2012.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

They withdrew under a security agreement that calls for American combat forces to leave Iraq by the end of two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

Fewer than one hundred thousand American troops are in Iraq for the first time since the invasion seven years ago next week.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

The next government in Iraq will have to take full responsibility for the security of the country.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

The top United Nations diplomat in Iraq says the delays are creating conditions that opponents of democracy could use for their own gain.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The goal is for all troops to leave Iraq by the end of next year.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

"Well,I got to play with the president's own piano player. I did not play for President Bush, because I think he was on a trip to Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Fourteen of Iraq's eighteen provinces voted for ruling councils.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

And he added this: "For six years Afghanistan has been denied the resources it demands because of the war in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Matthew Hoh was a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq before he worked for the State Department in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The action came as senators debated a $91-billion funding bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

A year ago,he was campaigning for the presidency on the presumption that Iraq was a big mistake and we needed to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

"Because we asked, and other parties asked, three years ago three and a half years ago for the setting up of the Iraq Inquiry."

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Mr.Obama noted the agreement allows for "the orderly and responsible transition" of U.S.combat troops from Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The International Organization for Migration says most of Iraq's more than 1.5 million internally displaced people are caught in a vicious cycle of despair.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

He is 36-year-old Peter Moore, a computer instructor working for the U.S.management consultancy Bearingpoint in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

President Obama put it this way. "For six years, Afghanistan has been denied the resources that it demands because of the war in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Woolsey referred to a House vote on a war funding bill for Afghanistan and Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Speaking before the House of Commons, Mr.Brown said since military operations in Iraq have ended, the time had come for a thorough inquiry into the war.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

with the withdrawal from Iraq, the willingness for peace the closure of Guantanamo."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Tony Blair's already tarnished reputation has taken another blow with former prime minister John Major now questioning his successor's motive for joining in the invasion of Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

U.S.officials say they are in a better position to mediate and press for the resolution of difficult issues while the United States has a sizable military force in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12