Between Army Spc. Jeremy Hall's two Iraq tours, he lost his belief in God. His sudden lack of faith, he says, cost him his military career and put his life at risk, prompting him to sue the Pentagon and others seeking a guarantee of religious freedom in the military. But a Pentagon official says "advancing a religious conviction is not ... what the military does."
A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done as soon as 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.