the political life of Iraq as time goes on. Either by cowing the Iraqi government or by exercising control through their violent and radical militias, one way or another Iran will find themselves with a docile, compliant neighbor willing to support its foreign policy and hegemonistic goals.

To stave off this scenario, the president has been trying to work out an arrangement that would allow the US to continue to train the Iraqi army while supplying it with first class military hardware. To that end, the president will ask congress to approve the sale of another 18 F-16 fighters to rebuild the Iraqi air force that was destroyed during the war. A previous sale of 18 F-16â€²s was approved last summer.

As for security cooperation, very little was accomplished atProgressive activists hoping to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the 2016 presidential race will hold their first meeting in the key early-voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday.

Members of MoveOn.org and Democracy for America are starting their "Run, Warren, Run" New Hampshire effort in Manchester. The groups hope to persuade the Massachusetts senator to seek the Democratic nomination in 2016, even though she has repeatedly said she is not running.

Despite her insistence, Warren remains a favorite of liberals, some of whom are wary of the leading potential Democratic candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Saturday's meeting comes a month after a similar gathering in Iowa. Such work also has been underway for Clinton in both states for the last year.