PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - May 23
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on May 23. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. --- Democrats gave up their demand for troop-withdrawal deadlines in an Iraq war spending package, abandoning their top goal of bringing U.S. troops home. --- Top U.S. commanders and diplomats in Iraq are completing a far-reaching campaign plan for a new U.S. strategy, laying out military and political goals and endorsing the selective removal of hardened sectarian actors from Iraq's security forces and government. --- LONDON - British prosecutors demanded Tuesday that Russia extradite a former KGB agent to stand trial for murder in the sensational radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. --- The Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill that eliminates a woman's monthly period. ---
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