25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News 25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. The U.S. reversed Saddam Hussein's aggression, but it was just the start of the U.S. military role in Iraq that's spanned four presidents and a panoply of goals. Read this story President Obama To Unveil Tough Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gases In the final proposal, Obama will unveil measures that are tougher than those in the 2014 draft proposal. The rules seek to curb carbon emissions from power plants by 32 percent by 2030. Read this story More Plane Debris Washes Up On Réunion Island Authorities said one of the parts found earlier belonged to a Boeing 777, the same kind of plane as the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Read this story Wildfires In California Spur Emergency Declaration; 1 Firefighter Dead Nine of the largest fires cover areas of at least 1,000 acres each; a firefighter from Rapid City, S.D., was killed while battling one large blaze in Northern California. Read this story Counterfeit Duck Confit: All Of The Flavor, Without The Labor A classic French dish, confit de canard was originally a way to preserve meat, and traditional recipes can require dozens of steps to prepare. David Lebovitz's fake take cuts the steps down to five. Read this story more news stories

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