September 24, 2007

Earlybird Roundup: Spending Bills, Iran-Iraq Border, Blackwater

Congress. Legislators are likely to push annual federal spending bills through Congress this week, but President Bush has promised to veto most of them.

Iran. In protest of the arrest of an Iranian commerce official, Iran closed its border with Iraqi Kurdistan today.

Iraq. Officials will wait for the outcome of a joint U.S.-Iraqi investigation into the Blackwater USA shootings before deciding what steps to take against the company.

Administration. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that Syria could attend a November conference on the Middle East in Washington.

United Nations. Ahead of this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York City, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said diplomats are engaged in "the most intense" period of diplomacy in the group's history.

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