<![CDATA[Lieberman Tells Petraeus: Iraq Has Shown 'More Political Progress' Than America]]>

1.0 link 95634 <![CDATA[Lieberman Tells Petraeus: Iraq Has Shown 'More Political Progress' Than America]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/lieberman-tells-petraeus_n_95634.html If President Bush's Iraq Wwar were a fine wine, it would have no more fawning a sommelier than Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. Lieberman was in typical form this morning, prefacing his questions with high-flown, melodramatic praise for Petraeus. His cheerleading included this groaner: "Hey, let's be honest about this. The Iraqi political leadership has achieved a lot more political reconciliation and progress since September than the American political leadership has."

LIEBERMAN: Thanks, Mr. Chairman. General, Ambassador, thank you for your extraordinary...

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