Branstad’s 99-County Tours Shape Iowa Campaign
Governor Terry Branstad maintains a pledge to visit all 99 Iowa counties each year, seen as retail politics. His schedule highlights Iowa City and other hubs while highlighting site selections for projects like a fertilizer plant with state incentives.
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Branstad
Jimmy Centers
Lee County
Iowa
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Coralville
Solon
Monty
Chris Larimer
University of Northern Iowa
Capitol
Larimer
Lyon
O’brien
Sioux
Osceola
Montgomery
Johnson, Wapello
Dubuque
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Emmet County
Estherville
Aero Manufacturing
Dickinson County
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Milford
Arnolds Park
Crawford County
Denison
Barack Obama
Brad Bonner
Grassley
U.S
Chuck Grassley
Mark Kraus
Timberline
Terry Branstad
Timberline Manufacturing
Marion
Ten pivotal dates in Iraq since U S troops left
A Washington Post timeline reviews key moments from December 2011 to June 2014 as Iraq faced political strife Sunni protests clashes with Kurdish forces and ISIS advances. Major events include Maliki's clashes with Tariq al Hashemi the Mosul ISIS takeover and Kirkuk tensions.
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al-Baghdadi
Syria
Iraq
ISIS
Mosul
al- Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Quraishi
U.S
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Baghdad
al- Qaida
Patrick Johnston
Rand Corp
Research Institute
al-Qaida
Camp Bucca
bin Laden
Johnston
Say
Bashar Assad
Salahuddin
al-Qaidami
Lukman Faily
United States
Faily
Neuten
Ramadi
Najaf
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Barack Obama
Islamic State of
Nouri al-Maliki
Kirkuk
Maliki
Tariq al-Hashemi
Hashemi
Nasiriyah
Washington Post
Liz Sly
Jalal Talabani
Talabani
Germany
Fallujah
Saleh al-Mutlak
Rabiyah
Fatah al-Fayyadh
Anbar
State of Law Coalition