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Wednesday, April 09 2008, 06:42 PM Petraeus Expected to Urge Troop Strength Freeze The situation in Iraq will be front and center on Capitol Hill Tuesday as Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, begin two days of testimony. Petraeus is widely expected to recommend a t 34 News Stories, 7 Liberal Blogs, 8 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment

AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush and Cheney Now! As Petraeus Urges Delay Of Troop Withdrawal, A Debate On Iraq And Iran's Role In The War DEMOCRACY NOW! The top US military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has recommended a suspension of troop withdrawals from Iraq after July. His recommendation would leave just under 140,000 American troops in Iraq well into the fall, more troops

Think Progress Nbc?s Engel: Petraeus Keeps Changing The ?rules Of The Game? In Iraq. Yesterday on NBC Nightly News, Middle East Correspondent Richard Engel sharply criticized the testimony of Amb. Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus. He said that the Bush administration originally promised that troops could “pull back” once &

AntiWar.com Iraqi Shi'ites: Calm On The Surface, Simmering Beneath Excerpt: With the head of the occupying forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker delivering a progress report to Congress this week, Iraq has been thrust back into the US public consciousness, along with all the politica

feminist blogs I Don?t Usually Bother Paying Attention To What The Politicians Say About Iraq But? I followed a link from Suburban Guerilla (who, by the way, I also left a comment for on her post about HilBama where I pointed out that race and racism are completely to Hilary's benefit as an affluent white southern politician who would rather fall on he

Pensito Review Mccain?s Sunni-shia Confusion: Senility Or Bushevik Conflation? During his questioning of Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings yesterday, John McCain again confused — or deliberately conflated — the relationship between the Iranian regime, which is contr

Think Progress Cnn?s Ware Disputes Kagan?s Claim That Iraq Has ?met 12 Out Of The Original 18 Benchmarks? Last week, surge architect and American Enterprise Institute fellow Frederick Kagan wrote an article in the Weekly Standard claiming that “the Government of Iraq has now met 12 out of the original 18 benchmarks set for it.” He adds that “

Think Progress Perino: Iraq Agreement ?not Subject? To Congressional ?yes-or-no?, Regardless Of What ?other Countries? Do In November, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a “Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship.” Recently, the Bush administration has refused to say whether it believes ther

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Patterico's Pontifications John Cornyn?s Statement On Iraq [Guest post by DRJ] From the website of Texas Senator John Cornyn on the Petraeus-Crocker hearings (emphasis supplied): “America’s top military commander and chief diplomat in Iraq reported Tuesday that we are making significant progress there

GayPatriot The Obama Skedaddle On Iraq? In this article on the presidential candidates and the Senate hearings featuring General Petraeus. we learn that one of those candidates, the Democratic frontrunner, Senator Barack Obama would rather attend a campaign fundraiser than hear what our top mi

memeorandum Iraq's Military Seen As Lagging (new York Times) New York Times: Iraq's Military Seen as Lagging — WASHINGTON — The recommendation by the top American commander in Iraq to suspend troop reductions reflects a bleak assessment that Iraqi forces remain unprepared to take over the

BrothersJudd Blog He Needs Mookie More Than He Needs Maliki: Petraeus Says Breakaway Shi'ite Militias Must Be Dealt With, But Sensitively (Al Pessin, 10 April 2008, VOA News) [G]eneral Petraeus urged the Iraqi government to be careful how it deals with the militant Shiites, in order not to make the problem worse.

Outside The Beltway | OTB Iraq Or Afghanistan: On The Horns Of A False Dilemma Joe Biden is getting plaudits from the Leftosphere for asking Ryan Crocker a really dumb question in yesterday’s hearings. Here’s the video: The transcript: BIDEN: Mr. Ambassador, is Al Qaeda a greater threat to US interests in Iraq, or in

Asia Times Online Muqtada Rides The Tiger General David Petraeus and US envoy Ryan Crocker are not alone as they go through their paces before the US Congress. There's a ghostly figure beside them, that of 'hot- headed', 'radical cleric' Muqtada al-Sadr, who has made a mockery of their plans for

memeorandum Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus's 'pause,' Says 'u.s. Troops Should Be Pulled Out' (ben/think Progress) Ben / Think Progress: Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus's ‘Pause,’ Says ‘U.S. Troops Should Be Pulled Out’ — Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Congress this week that he is recommending to Presi

memeorandum Joe Biden Just Obliterated Every Administration Argument About Iraq (dday/hullabaloo) Dday / Hullabaloo: Joe Biden Just Obliterated Every Administration Argument About Iraq — That was a very significant moment at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings with Amb. Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus. J