Posts Tagged ‘petraeus testimony’

A Chat With General David Petraeus

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Petraeus and Crocker are anticipated to tell lawmakers that significant progress has been made in improving the security situation, and that the U.S. And Iraqi forces have dealt a critical blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq. Petraeus will likely testify that he plans to recommend to the president a temporary pause in troop withdrawals in [...]

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Duane R. Patterson: Say Thanks To General Petraeus

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Here are some of their questions. Petraeus, in March 2007, a few weeks after taking charge of U.S. Military forces in Baghdad, you said, “There is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq.” More than a year later, rockets are still falling in the Green Zone and [...]

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