She recently engaged in an angry public dispute with comedian David Letterman over jokes Letterman made about her and Palin’s daughter, Bristol, on his CBS show, “The Late Show with David Letterman.”Some prominent Republicans do not blame her for deciding to step down.”I’m sure she felt that the only way to end the ridicule that was attempting to tear her family apart was for her to get off the stage for now,” said Dana Perino, who was press secretary for President George W Bush.Palin is said to have a book in the works. “This isn’t what anyone had in mind for Alaska.”McCain’s statement of support came after some of his political aides from last year’s campaign outlined their grievances with her in an article in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine.Palin, 45, initially boosted the McCain ticket, especially after delivering a masterly speech at the Republican National Convention introducing herself as a “hockey mom.”But her approval ratings plummeted following a disastrous series of TV interviews and many voters wound up concluding she lacked the qualifications to be vice president.Public ridicule continued in the eight months since the election. Barack ObamaMcCain made the comment a day after Palin stunned the political world by announcing she is stepping down with 18 months left in her term.McCain had plucked Palin from obscurity to make her his vice presidential running mate in last year’s presidential campaign won by Democrat Barack Obama.”I have the greatest respect and affection for Sarah, Todd, and their family. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator John McCain expressed support for his former presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, on Saturday as Washington speculated about why the Alaska governor abruptly announced her resignation. Iraqis, keen to have sovereignty after years of foreign military occupation, were at the same time concerned about attacks from militants.. A small number of troops stayed behind as advisers and trainers.

combat troops pulled out of Iraq’s towns and cities on Tuesday into rural bases, the first step of a bilateral security pact that requires all U.S troops to leave Iraq by 2012. That is why we will remain a strong partner to the Iraqi people on behalf of their security and prosperity.” Obama received a boisterous response from the crowd U.S. “Because of the courage and capability and commitment of every American who has served in Iraq, a sovereign and united Iraq is taking control of its own destiny.” “Iraq’s future now rests in the hands of its own people,” he added “This transition won’t be without problems We know that there will be difficult days ahead. Independence Day celebration at the White House just days after U.S.

troops withdrew from Iraq’s towns and cities into rural bases, Obama said Iraq’s future was now up to its own citizens. “Because of your brave efforts American troops this week transferred control of Iraqi cities and towns … to Iraqi security forces,” Obama said in remarks to military families, with nearly two dozen service members standing behind him. forces but he pledged to remain a strong partner on behalf of the country’s security and prosperity Speaking at a U.S. WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq faced difficult days ahead after taking control of its towns and cities from U.S. Iraq policy, also presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 soldiers from 59 countries taking an oath of U.S.

citizenship.Due to the weather, Biden scrapped a planned trip to Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdistan region to meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani.After the citizenship ceremony, Biden went to the main mess hall at Camp Victory, where he met privately with the Delaware National Guard unit where his son, Beau, serves.He walked through the main cafeteria, grasping soldiers’ hands and giving them hugs as they surveyed a July 4th menu of barbecued ribs, hamburgers and elaborately decorated cakes.(Additional reporting by Khalid al-Ansary; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Missy Ryan and Sophie Hares) World Barack Obama. troops preparing to mark their Independence Day holiday on Saturday.Biden, who U.S. President Barack Obama has asked to take a leading role in coordinating U.S. “We are talking about individuals, not accused of killing, torture or crimes against Iraqis, who joined the Baath Party. (Those) will have all the political rights others enjoy.”BIDEN MEETS BIDENOn the third day of his visit, Baghdad still cloaked in a lengthy sandstorms that has thwarted many of his planned visits, Biden met U.S. official told reporters.He added in Washington, there is no longer “any appetite to put Humpty Dumpty back together again,” should Iraq fall apart.Maliki has tried to woo Sunni politicians with a crackdown on Shi’ite militias last year and with an amnesty law that released of thousands of Sunni Arab prisoners.He has reached out to former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party, but only those with no “blood on their hands” and who renounce Baathism, conditions some Sunni Arabs believe reveals lingering grudges against Sunnis.”National reconciliation, for sure, doesn’t include the Baath Party The Baath Party is rejected by all Iraqis,” Dabbagh said. withdrawal by 2012, raising concerns Iraq has not made enough political progress to prevent more fighting.But as the United States turns its attention to Afghanistan and moves ahead with a plan to end the unpopular Iraq war, Obama has pledged to halt combat operations in Iraq in August 2010.During his meetings with Maliki on Friday, Biden warned resurgent sectarian or ethnic violence in Iraq was “not something that would make it likely that we’d stay engaged,” a U.S.

forces pulled out of Iraq’s towns and cities this week under the terms of a bilateral security pact that paves the way for a full U.S. troops for helping to restore order at the height of the sectarian fighting, most want an end to the foreign occupation of their country.Playing on nationalism served Maliki well in a provincial vote this year, when his call for a strong centralized state helped his allies win throughout the Shi’ite south.He appears to be honing a similar campaign strategy ahead of a national election in January.Violence has dropped sharply, but insurgents regularly stage dramatic attacks that fray already strained ties between majority Shi’ite Arabs, minority Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds.U.S. soldiers for air support and other help, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been distancing itself from the ongoing U.S presence.While many Iraqis credit the U.S. troops remaining in Iraq and local forces still reliant on U.S. combat troops pulled out of city centers, a milestone that was feted by flowers and dancing.”We made it clear that national reconciliation is an Iraqi issue and involvement of a non-Iraqi party won’t make it more successful,” said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.”There is sensitivity in the national reconciliation issue about involving non-Iraqi actors,” he told reporters at a meeting in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.Even with 130,000 U.S. help in what he said was a long road ahead in uniting a country deeply split by years of sectarian war and riven by violence.But Iraq has been forcefully asserting a newfound sovereignty in the week U.S.

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