Under Secretary for International trade Francisco Sánchez launches trade mission in Iraq
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez arrived in Baghdad today, launching the first trade mission to Iraq since the end of US combat operations in August.
by Laurent Lozano* US President George W. Bush arrived in the United Arab Emirates yesterday for a visit in which he was set to reach out to ordinary Iranians across the Gulf in a new swipe at the Tehran government.Bush was to deliver a keynote speech in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi telling Iranians, for whom the UAE is their main trading partner, that there is a better alternative to the current regime, his spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.