Iraq war

November 6, 2008 - Region's attitudes marked by "sadness," reluctance to endure future war costs

August 14, 2008 - Rural America is increasingly dependent on military dollars to keep its economy afloat, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (pdf). Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on how you look at it.

May 26, 2008 - As the website iCasualties, which catalogs Iraq war casualties, reported in March:

March 19, 2008 - As the Institute has documented again and again, the South is the region most linked to, and most impacted by, the Iraq war and U.S. foreign policy. Southern states provide more of the troops, are home to more bases, and draw more military contracts than any other region of the country.

July 17, 2007 - This afternoon, a handful of first-year Senators, all Democrats, will introduce a piece of legislation the Institute has long supported: the creation of a new "Truman Commission" to ove

May 10, 2007 - The Associated Press reports that more than 10,000 soldiers from Fort Campbell Kentucky's 101st Airborne Division are among 35,000 troops put on notice to prepare for deployment to Iraq later this year.

March 27, 2007 - The excellent Pew Center has released a new poll on Iraq, and the results are surprising. The main finding is that the public supports the House plan for withdrawal by August 2008: