American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces detained five suspects, killed enemy fighters, and discovered weapons caches in operations in Afghanistan in the past three days, military officials reported.
Afghan and coalition forces discovered bomb-making material and ammunition in a raid on a suspected safe house in the Nahri Siraj district [...]

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 15, 2007 — While 13 points separated Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama just one month ago in the race for the Democratic nomination for President, the gap between them has narrowed considerably to just four points.
Just over one-third (36 percent) of adults who would vote in a Democratic primary or [...]

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WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 — The immigration bill being debated by the Senate would allow over two million illegal workers who received Social Security numbers prior to 2004 to receive more than $966 billion in Social Security benefits by 2040.
Despite a provision in the bill that would prevent individuals who performed illegal work and then [...]

By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 – Sectarian murders and executions in Baghdad are declining, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said today on the “Fox News Sunday” television program.
Army Gen. David H. Petraeus told host Chris Wallace via satellite link from Baghdad that the U.S. troop surge has helped [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 – In operations throughout Iraq the past several days, Iraqi and coalition forces killed 29 insurgents, detained 52 suspects, and found various bomb-making material and ammunition, military officials reported.
Coalition forces killed 10 terrorists, detained 20 suspected terrorists and uncovered enemy weapons and bomb-making materials during operations targeting the [...]

By Carmen L. Gleason
American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq June 16, 2007 – The U.S. troop surge into Iraq is just starting to have its full-intended impact, and it will take time to judge its effectiveness, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said after meeting with U.S. and Iraqi leaders here today.
During his brief visit to Iraq, [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – Four soldiers were killed in Iraq yesterday, and another soldier died of non-combat related injuries June 13. In addition, the Defense Department released the identities of several servicemembers recently killed in Iraq.
– One Task Force Lightning soldier was killed by small-arms fire in Diyala province yesterday.
– Three [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – Iraqi and coalition forces captured one terrorist leader and killed 16 suspected terrorists today. Ten more insurgents died in fighting yesterday.
Coalition forces in Baghdad captured five suspected terrorists, including an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq emir whose organization includes a deadly car-bomb cell in the city, during [...]

By Tim Kilbride
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – The quickened tempo and increasingly localized nature of joint U.S.-Iraqi security operations are gradually pushing al Qaeda and related insurgent groups out of Iraq’s neighborhoods, a coalition spokesman said this week.
“We have significantly increased the pressure on al Qaeda. We are going places [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – Coalition and Afghan forces have killed and detained more than two dozen enemy fighters in operations in Afghanistan over the past two days, U.S. officials said.
Afghan and coalition forces killed “a few” militants and detained three others early today in an operation against Taliban forces at a [...]