Rumsfeld: Cost of Freedom for Iraq Similar to Bringing Democracy to Others
Several months ago, I was in South Korea. At the time, a debate was under way in the Korean parliament about whether the country should send troops to Iraq. A young Korean reporter asked me why Koreans should send their young men and women halfway around the globe to be killed or wounded in Iraq.(complete text)

Powell Meets With Iraqi President Al Yawer in Baghdad
Secretary of State Colin Powell made an unannounced visit to Baghdad July 30 and said the United States is determined and committed to work with Iraq's interim government as it establishes "democracy and the basis of freedom and human rights in Iraq."(complete text)

State's Armitage, Iraq's Zebari Meet Reporters in Baghdad July 18
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, the highest-ranking member of the Bush administration to visit Iraq since the restoration of sovereignty, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held discussions in Baghdad July 18 on the political and security situation in Iraq.(complete text)

Negroponte Visits Mass Graves Site Near Hillah, Iraq
Ambassador Negroponte, accompanied by officers from the Embassy and the Embassy Regional Office in Hillah, visited the burial site of thousands of innocent victims of Saddam Hussein's armed and police forces on the outskirts of that city.(complete text)

Iraqi Sovereignty Photo Gallery
Iraq resumed its position among free, sovereign nations June 28 as administrative authority passed to Iraq's new leaders, President Ghazi al-Yawer and Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.(complete text)