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WASHINGTON – Fissures in the Democratic Party over Iraq will be on display Wednesday when the Senate takes up two proposals to withdraw U.S. forces, touching off an election-year showdown between Republicans and Democrats. “Setting a deadline to redeploy U.S. troops from Iraq is necessary for success in Iraq,” Sen. …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Oracle Corp., Family Dollar Stores Inc., Del Monte Foods Co. and Jabil Circuit Inc. • NEW! FOXBusiness.com’s Investing Center Del Monte Foods Co. (DLM) is expected to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of …

WASHINGTON – Members of the Sunni insurgency have been reaching out to the new Iraqi government, giving U.S. military commanders opportunities to forge communications with the resistance groups, the top American commander in Iraq said Thursday. Gen. George Casey said the U.S. military and the Iraqi government “have several different …