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The Strategic Framework Agreement and the Security Agreement with Iraq
The United States and the government of Iraq have negotiated two historic agreements: a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) that covers our overall political, economic, and security relationship with Iraq, and a Security Agreement – otherwise known as the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) – that [...]

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Vice President Dick Cheney bids farewell to Vice President-elect Joe Biden Thursday, November 13, 2008, following their nearly hour-long visit at the Vice President’s Residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. White House photo by David Bohrer

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As many of you know, I’m a wannabe photographer and photograph big events when they occur. This Democratic Convention would be one of the biggest in our country because of Obama being the first Black nominee to a high-ranking position and Hillary Clinton being the first woman nominated (and then handing it to [...]

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Freedom can hardly be explained except for to say that one can do anything which does not hurt his fellowman. George W. Bush said the following: “Captive Nations Week was first observed in 1959, at a time when Soviet Communism seemed ascendant. Few people at that first gathering could have envisioned then what the — [...]

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G8 Promises Help for African Agriculture
By Scott Stearns
Rusutsu, Japan
Leaders from the world’s largest industrial nations are promising more food aid and agricultural assistance for Africa to help ease the impact of rising food costs. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from the Group of Eight summit in Japan where some non-governmental organizations say increasing [...]

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By Suzanne Presto
Irbil, Iraq
Presumptive U.S. Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama is in Baghdad, his first visit to Iraq since 2006. The visit is considered part of Senator Obama’s attempts to boost his foreign policy credentials before the presidential election in November. VOA’s Suzanne Presto reports from the northern city of Irbil.
Senator Barack Obama’s visit [...]

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By VOA News
In this photo released by the Governorate of the Anbar Province, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) talks with the governor of Iraq’s Anbar province, Maamoun Sami Rashid al-Alwani in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, Iraq, 22 Jul 2008
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visited Iraq’s Anbar province Tuesday for meetings with Sunni tribal [...]

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So, I heard that Novak, a columnist and reporter says that John McCain will announce his VP slot this week while Obama is in the Middle East.
Novak writes a Politcal Report and suggests that McCain could easily grab some needed attention in the news.
Who do you think will be his Veep? Some suggestions are:
Mitt [...]

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It seems that Hal Brindley got the first evidence of that in South Africa on one of his trips. He says that he was at a water hole when all of the sudden it happened. He got it all on digital in a sequence of some 34 photos. Check this out!

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New Yorker Magazine people were said to have been banned from Obama’s media plane? I don’t know this to be fact but I heard this was true. It is said because the magazine ran a satire where The New Yorker cartoonist depicted Obama on the front of the New Yorker Magazine with his [...]

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