General: al-Qaida May be Easing Effort
After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaida may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are running higher than in Iraq. Whatever the result, Petraeus said no one should expect al-Qaida to give up entirely in Iraq.
Bush Agrees to Time 'Horizon' for Troops
President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable.