David Petraeus Stories
A list of the most recent stories about David Petraeus.
Gen. David Petraeus
Once again, a President is making the call to the bullpen on a war that isn't going as well as it could. And once again, Gen. David Petraeus is being waved in to offer his assistance. Back in the Bush Administration, Petraeus was brought in to institute the "military surge", ...
Iraq On My Mind
Not only does the current debate over a U.S. military surge in Afghanistan remind me of the debate just over two years about a surge in Iraq, but lawmakers and defense officials were also having trouble separating the two in a first day of hearings on the matter. "This is ...
Detainee Abuse Photos
The Obama Administration has made clear that it plans to take a legal dispute over the release of detainee abuse photographs to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. In papers filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday - yes, the same circuit that is home to Judge ...
Electrocution Of Local Soldier Spurs Inspections In Iraq
The top commander in Iraq says more than 80,000 facilities in Iraq will be inspected for faulty wiring as part of an effort to prevent future accidental electrocutions of U.S. troops.At least 10 U.S. soldiers, five Marines and a third-country contractor for the Defense Department have been identified as having ...
Pennsylvania National Guard Unit Ordered For Iraq Deployment
Army brigades from Texas, New York and Pennsylvania, and two Marine units from North Carolina have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year, the Pentagon announced Monday. The units, which include about 33,000 troops, would replace forces already in Iraq, and allow the U.S. to maintain 15 combat ...
The Politics of Iraq, Version Election.08
No one expected any kind of breakthrough this week on Iraq as General David Petraeus reviewed the situation for lawmakers. But after President Bush's statement from the White House on Thursday, the divisions on the war are more clear than ever. "President Bush delivered yet another address on Iraq," said ...
No Movement In Two Days of Iraq Hearings
There was basically zero political movement in the political battle over the war in Iraq the past two days in Congress, as lamwakers made clear the best chance for change comes with this November's elections. For a second straight day, General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker held their ...
Senate Iraq Hearings Less Than Electric
A round of much hyped hearings in Congress about the War in Iraq basically produced a lot of political blather, as both sides plowed little new ground and mainly stayed in their partisan corners about the war. Even the appearance of the three Senators running for President didn't do much ...
Back on Capitol Hill, What's the Game Plan?
As Senators John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama return for hearings today on the Iraq war with commanding General David Petraeus, put on your strategy hat for a moment, and let's think about what you want to achieve from your few hours back at your day job. Cleary, John ...
General Petraeus Meets Campaign 2008
As Iraq War Commander General David Petraeus goes before two U.S. Senate committees today, it will be difficult not to think about this day in political terms, as all three Senators running for President return for a day focused on Iraq. The first hearing today is before the Senate Armed ...
The Iraq War Returns to the Congress
While the Iraq War has been playing Second Fiddle to the economy in recent months in the Congress, that will change this week as Iraq War Commander General David Petraeus goes before lawmakers for hearings. Petraeus last showed up right after Labor Day at a time when some people thought ...
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