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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 09 Nov 2010 [PDF]
• Airpower Summary for November 07 AFNS 09 Nov 2010
• Airpower Summary for November 06 AFNS 09 Nov 2010
• Airpower Summary for November 05 AFNS 09 Nov 2010
• Airpower Summary for November 04 AFNS 09 Nov 2010
• Airpower Summary for November 03 AFNS 09 Nov 2010
• Gates: U.S. Open to Talks on Post-2011 Presence in Iraq AFPS 09 Nov 2010 -- Expressing hope that the Iraqis are making progress in forming a new government, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today it will be up to the Iraqis, if they believe it necessary, to ask the United States to keep troops there beyond the 2011 deadline.
• U.S. Forces transfer border outpost to Iraqis Army News 09 Nov 2010 -- Just a stone's throw away from the Iranian border, United States Soldiers spent their final day at Joint Security Station Al Tib before pressing forward with their next mission.
• Army advisor helps Maysan crops grow one drip at a time Army News 09 Nov 2010 -- The Maysan Provincial Reconstruction Team, with the help of Laythe Salem, economic and agricultural advisor, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, held an agricultural seminar for 20 local farmers.

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• US Ready to Extend Stay if Iraq Asks VOA 09 Nov 2010 -- The U.S. defense secretary says the U.S. is willing to keep troops in Iraq past the current deadline, but only if that is what Iraq's leaders want.

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Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Power-Sharing Talks Stall with Key Leaders Absent VOA 09 Nov 2010 -- Iraq's political leaders met for the second straight day Tuesday in an effort to end a months-long political deadlock, but key figures stayed away from the all-party talks meant to produce a power-sharing deal ahead of a looming court-mandated parliamentary session.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Former U.S. President George W. Bush Defends Legacy In New Book RFE/RL 09 Nov 2010 -- George W. Bush has been almost invisible since he left the White House nearly two years ago, living a quiet life at his home in Texas. But recently he's back in the media spotlight to promote his new book, "Decision Points."
• Bush Memoir Says No Need to Apologize for Iraq War VOA 09 Nov 2010 -- Former U.S. president George W. Bush says he continues to have a "sickening feeling" about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, his main justification for approving the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.