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There are credible reports of renewed terrorist attacks in the final planning stages in Jordan, the embassy in Amman has been closed until further notice as a precautionary step, said Rodney Moore, a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Canada..
Gen. George Casey, the histamine top American commander in Iraq, and Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, were joining the president Thursday to give a detailed briefing on Iraq to more than a dozen foreign policy leaders from previous administrations.
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They said U.S. taxpayers will be burdened with costs thatlinger long after U.S. troops withdraw..