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Top Army General Cautions Against War With Iran

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 02.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Anticipating continued trouble in the Middle East and a possible conflict with Iran, the Army got permission from the Obama administrat...

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Baghdad Blood and Baghdad Mud

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

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2010-04-05-rather_odierno_sm.jpgAfter talking with General Ray Odierno, what comes clear is this: The end of the American era in Iraq has begun. But it's only a beginning.

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Odierno Requests More Combat Forces In Iraq

Foreign Policy | Thomas E. Ricks | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a move that could force President Obama to break his vow to get all combat troops out of Iraq by August of this year, his top commander in Iraq rec...

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Iraq Milestones

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time since the war began, there are fewer than 100,000 American troops in Iraq.

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Sentencing of Steve Green in Abeer Death, Command Structure In Iraq

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gail McGowan Mellor

Enlisted people moreover are only one dimension. The truly dangerous distortion is at the top, in the command structures.

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Military Dominance In Mideast Proven A Costly Myth

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, Mar 5 (IPS) - The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvemen...

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US Troops May Stay Longer In Mosul Due To Fighting: Odierno

abcnews.go.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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Iraq's No. 2 Commander Says "Surge" Security Is Fragile

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he foresees a shrinking U.S. combat role in Iraq in coming months, while the No. 2 U.S. com...

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Petraeus And Odierno Confirmed By Senate

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Pet...

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