July 26, 2009

First Students in Iraqi Scholarship Program May Arrive in U.S. This Fall

By Beth McMurtrie

Washington

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki formally unveiled a government program on Saturday that will bring hundreds of Iraqi students to the United States on full scholarships as early as this fall.

The program, called the Iraq Education Initiative, intends eventually to send 10,000 students to English-speaking countries each year for five years. It is part of a broader effort being driven by the prime minister's office to improve Iraq's

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