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The 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was observed with a Veterans Day ceremony at The Wall. Keynote addresses were given by Senator Chuck Hagel and General…

Children of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were honored with the Gold Medal of Remembrance. The medal was created by a special White House commission. Following the Presentation of …

The Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker testified about military operations in Iraq, recommendations for future Iraq policy, and the ability of the Iraqi Parliament to meet the security chal…

Senator Hagel announces that he would retire from the U.S. Senate and would not run for president the next year. During the news conference at the Omaha Press Club a portrait of the senat…

David Walker testified about the Government Accountability Office report on operations in Iraq and benchmarks for progress established by Congress. The report concluded that Iraq had failed …

Officials testified about U.S. relations with Pakistan, political turmoil in the country, President Musharraf’s ability to continue in power, forthcoming elections, the resurgence of Taliban…

Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination. of Henrietta Holsman Fore to be administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Ambassador Crocker testifies by video conference from Baghdad about political stability, progress toward U.S. benchmarks for reconstruction, the security situation, as well as military and p…

Senate session continued overnight and into the next day.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill. The Senate confirmed the nomination…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.

A ceremony was held on the National Mall to remember those killed while fighting for the United States. Thousands of family members of those killed in Afghanistan and Iraq were joined by des…

The Senate debated emergency supplemental spending legislation for military operations in Iraq. On a vote of 48 to 50 an amendment by Senator Cochran to strip wording setting a goal for troo…

Participants commemorated the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The ceremony included color guards, an invocation, a wreath laying, and taps. It took …

Zalmay Khalilzad testified about his nomination as United States ambassador to the United Nations. Among the topics he addressed were operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.N. policy toward …