From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 6:31 PM

The guests talked about the war in Iraq and the part it will play in many House, Senate and gubernatorial races across the country. They talked about the war as an overall election issue from their perspectives as political operatives and also Iraq War veterans. They also responded to ...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:52 PM

Mr. Hodierne talked about the effect on the war in Iraq of the congressional election earlier in the week and the nomination of Robert Gates as the new Secretary of Defense. His magazine had called for the dismissal of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. He also talked about the new Iraq Study ...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:51 PM

Rep. Saxton, chairman of the House Armed Services Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, talked about congressional oversight of the Iraq war. Other topics included Iraq war policy and changes at the Defense Department resulting from Secretary Rumsfeld’s resign...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:51 PM

Mr. Bellavia talked about the current level of insurgency in Iraq, the retirement of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and the effect of the November 7 elections on administration of the war in Iraq. He supports President Bush and the war in Iraq. He responded to telephone calls and electron...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 2:16 PM

Representative Hunter, a member of the Armed Services Committee, spoke by remote video from the Cannon House Office Building against the resolution on the war in Iraq being debated in the House of Representatives.

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 2:15 PM

Representative Scott, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the Democrats' Group on National Security, spoke by remote video from the Cannon House Office Building in support of the resolution on the war in Iraq being debated in the House of Representatives. Ms...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 2:06 PM

The House Rules Committee met to decide the rules for a floor debate on resolutions about the war in Iraq. H. Con. Res. 63: Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 1:51 PM

Harold Holzer talked about Presidents Lincoln and Bush and their policies during the U.S. Civil War and the war in Iraq. He recently wrote an opinion piece on how President Lincoln might have dealt with the current war in Iraq. Mr. Holzer also talked about the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commi...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 12:56 PM

Representative Woolsey, co-founder of the Out of Iraq Caucus, talked about funding for the war in Iraq. The Democratic Caucus is debating the war supplemental bill internally and, later in the week, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to pass it. The bill is expected to tie Iraq war f...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 12:53 PM

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense member Rep. Kingston talked about funding the war in Iraq. He is a conservative who supports the president’s powers to conduct the war as he sees fit. His committee will be marking up the 2007 fiscal year $124.1 billion supplemental spending bill for t...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 11:36 AM

President made a brief statement about the Iraq War supplemental budget legislation prior to his departure on the South Lawn. He reaffirmed his pledge to veto legislation that included a timeline for withdrawal and said that such provisions would undermine U.S. troop operations for polit...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 11:30 AM

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Thornberry talked about today’s debate on the $124.2 billion war funding supplemental legislation. He opposes the conference report bill which includes starting a troop withdrawal from Iraq by October 1 and a "goal" of withdrawing all troops from Iraq by...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 11:22 AM

Representative McCotter, chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, talked about the congressional response to the president’s veto of the Iraq war supplemental spending bill. House and Senate leaders are scheduled to meet with the president later, after the House votes on an override...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 10:36 AM

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee held an oversight hearing on the planning and execution of the war in Iraq. Retired military leaders testified about decision making at the Department of Defense, prosecution of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the readiness status ...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 10:27 AM

Rep. Blackburn opposes the Iraq supplemental spending legislation before the House today. She said she opposes benchmarks and wants to give General Petraeus exactly what he says he needs to win the war. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 10:24 AM

Ms. Felchner talked about the role the war in Iraq plays in the race for the White House. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 7:09 AM

Journalists spoke about reporting on military and political affairs in Iraq, depictions of U.S. Iraq policy in the media, criticism and public skepticism of accuracy in media accounts of the war, and improving public perceptions of media reporting by identifying and solving problems as they are ...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:29 AM

A panel discussed the book What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It. Since the Iraq war began in 2003, roughly one million young Americans have rotated through the country’s insurgent-infested hot spots. And though media reports about the war are consta...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:06 AM

Josh Rogin reported by telephone about the debate in Congress over the management of the war in Iraq.

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 4:04 AM

Ashley Gilbertson talked about his book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Iraq War, published by University Of Chicago Press. Mr. Gilbertson covered the invasion, the growth of the resistance, the Battle for Fallujah, and other major events of the war. He talked about top...