By Paula Wolfson US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says the door is open to further discussions with Iran on the situation in Iraq.

WASHINGTON , June 29 (Reuters) - US congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress last year approved President George W. Bush's funding request of 400 million dollars for a dramatic increase in covert operations against Iran to undermine Tehran's leadership, a US magazine reported Sunday.
The move reveals a "major escalation" in clandestine operations aimed at destabilizing the Islamic republic's religious leadership amid concerns over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, said the report in The New Yorker magazine citing former military, intelligence, and congressional sources.
tions Command (JSOC), have now been significantly expanded."