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A secular challenger to Iraq's prime minister edged ahead Saturday in the overall vote count in parliamentary elections, while the prime minister held onto his province-by-province lead as the counting neared completion. More
Video: Iraqis Defy Intimidation To Vote

Obama's Plans

President Barack Obama orders an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan. More
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Gen. Ray Odierno

Gen. Ray Odierno
He rousted Saddam Hussein from his spider hole and made the troop surge work. Now Gen. Ray Odierno is in the midst of his toughest task yet. More


Gen. Ray Odierno and Col. Steve Russell in Iraq in 2004
Gen. Ray Odierno's military career spans more than 30 years, including serving as the architect of the "surge" in Iraq. More


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Baghdad Time

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From CNN

Afghanistan Crossroads is where all of CNN's reporting converges, offering a diversity of voices, stunning images and video, global perspectives and the latest news from on the ground in Afghanistan and around the world. More


Survey

Do you agree with President Barack Obama's plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan and then start withdrawing by mid-2011?

Multimedia

This interactive offers important context for the complex U.S. mission in Afghanistan with a closer look at the nation's people, geography, economy and the Taliban. More


War, Iraq
Learn more about the U.S. war in Iraq in this interactive presentation. More


A U.S. Marine from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment conducts a patrol in Husaybah, Iraq, Nov. 3, 2006.
Where's Tikrit? Where's the oil? Use this interactive map to find out. More