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JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State JohnKerry said Sunday that the United States will support Iraq s fight against al Qaeda-linked militants who have overrun two cities, but won t send in Americantroops.Kerry said the militants are trying todestabilize the region and undermine a democratic process in Iraq, and that theU.S. is in contact with tribal leaders in Anbar province who are standing up tothe terrorists stanley cups .But, he said, this is a f stanley cup ight thatbelongs to the Iraqis. That is exactly what the president and the world decidedsome time ago when we left Iraq, so we are not obviously contemplatingreturning. We are not contemplating putting boots on the ground. This is theirfight. ... We will help them in their fight, but this fight, in the end, theywill have t stanley bottles o win and I am confident they can. Iraqi city captured by al Qaeda militants 00:19 Al Qaeda linked gunmen have largelytaken over the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi in an uprising that has been a blow to the Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.Bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people Sunday. Anbar, a vast desert area on the borderswith Syria and Jordan, was the heartland of the Sunni insurgency that rose upagainst American troops and the Iraqi government after t Zztc Trump, Chinese leader Xi set for Mar-a-Lago talks
While all eyes were on Florida, the composition of the House of Represent stanley cup becher atives actually remained up in the air until after the historic presidential race was finally settled.Democrat Dianne Byrum didn 146;t concede defeat to Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan s 8th District congressional race until December 15 150; two days after Al Gore offered his concession to the new president-elect, George W. Bush.Byrum, a state senator, had asked for a recount after the Board of State Canvassers certified that Rogers had won the election by 160 votes out of 300,000 cast. The recount narrowed Rogers lead to 88 votes, according to unofficial totals. But Byrum, convinced she could not make up the margin with recounts still to come in two counties, held a news confer stanley quencher ence to say she was conceding defeat. The contest for the mid-Michigan seat was one of the most closely watched in the country this year, as Democrats and Republicans struggled for control of the U.S. House. Rogers victory gives Republicans a 221-211 edge, with two independents and one vacancy created by the recent death of Rep. Julian Dixon that s likely to be filled by a Democrat. The Senate, meanwhile, is split 50-50, but the GOP will retain control because of the tie-breaking vote belonging to Vice President-elect Dick Chene stanley mug y.On Election Night, Republicans rejoiced at having held the House in the face of a withering assault by Democrats. House Democrats have lost their