A US Marine talks on an army radio as his unit occupies a home to use as an observation point, during a reconnaissance mission, in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, in 2005. Nearly four years in Iraq have hammered US army and marines into a skilled counter-insurgency force but has left it unready for war against a conventionally armed foe, US generals warn.(AFP/File/David Furst)
Hey, Chip, ya hear the latest on what the dems are doing back home?
US Senator Joe Biden, D-DE, addresses the 75th Winter meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors being held in Washington, DC. US President George W. Bush received a stinging rebuke of his Iraq policy, as a Senate panel condemned his plan to pour more US troops into the war-ravaged country.(AFP/Mannie Garcia)