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Conservatives Back Obama On Afghanistan

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Boot, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Troops, Conservatives, Bill Kristol, President Obama, Ryan Crocker, Randy Scheunemann, Afghanistan War, Fred Kagan, Politics News

Prominent conservative foreign policy thinkers and activists who backed the Iraq war are circulating a letter to President Obama supporting his engage...

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History Has Not Yet Judged Bush

James Denselow | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Legacy, Robert McNamara, Iraq, War in Iraq, George W. Bush, Kurds, George Piro, General David Petraeus, Fbi, Paul Bremer, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Saddam Hussein, Robert Gates, Ryan Crocker, Politics News

Certainly Bush's rewriting of his Iraq legacy will be helped by his decision to reverse his earlier policies, abandoning the idealism of the top-down reinvention of Iraq, for reality-based pragmatism.

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Success in Iraq? Think Again.

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

See, in a world where things aren't connected to other things -- where you get to handle one thing at a time, in a vacuum, at the pace you choose -- maybe you could consider the war in Iraq a success.

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US Ambassadors Getting Slotted By Obama Team

The Cable | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Mark Brzezinski, Joseph Nye, Us Ambassadors, Joseph Nye Japan, Christopher Hill, Barack Obama, Kurt Volker, Us Ambassador Nato, Obama Us Ambassadors, Daalder Nato, State Department, Ivo Daalder, Ryan Crocker, Mark Brzezinski Poland, Robert Gates, Anthony Zinni, World News

As the recent Gen. Anthony Zinni case demonstrates, behind the scenes and mostly under the radar, the Obama administration is busy slotting U.S. ambas...

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Obama Picks Non-Arabic Speaker As Iraq Ambassador

AP/Washington Post | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Christopher Hill, the Bush administration's lead negotiator with North Korea, is the leading candidate to become the next U.S. Amba...

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Out of Iraq in 16 Months: Yes We Can -- Yes We Must

Tom Andrews | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lawrence Korb, Ryan Crocker, Dan Senor, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

Wavering on his promise to withdraw from Iraq in 16 months could damage the credibility of Obama's claim that his election represented fundamental change.

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US Envoy: A Hasty Iraq Withdrawal Could Bolster Al Qaeda

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A hasty departure of U.S. troops from Iraq would carry severe risks, including bolstering al-Qaida and threatening Iraqi progress towa...

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US Inaugurates New $700 Million Embassy In Baghdad

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone _ and the mo...

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Iraq Security Pact Moves To Parliament

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Ryan Crocker, US Troops, Us Iraq Troop Pact, Politics News

BAGHDAD — The U.S.-Iraqi security pact now before parliament calls for U.S. forces to leave Iraq's cities by June 30 in recognition of an improv...

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US Ambassador: Americans Need To Have "A Sense Of Strategic Patience" About Iraq

AP | JOHN DANISZEWSKI | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States...

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En Route To Germany, Obama Praises Petraeus And Crocker

Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Warwire, Warwire, Ryan Crocker, David Petraeus, Iraq War, Barack Obama, Politics News

In advance of his Thursday address in Berlin, Obama chats with reporters on the plane, Carrie Budoff Brown reports: Asked if he expected a million sc...

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WaPo's Milbank Compares GOP Lawmakers To Prostitutes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

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As extraordinary as it may be to see Republican lawmakers throwing dispute and critique in the direction of White House darling General David Petraeus...

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White House And Pentagon Agree That Iraqi Forces Remain Unprepared To Take Over Security Mission

The New York Times | THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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As President Bush prepares to address the nation Thursday about the state of the Iraq War, The New York Times is reporting that the White House and Pe...

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Crocker Continues To Conflate Sunni Resistance With al Qaeda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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One of the problems at the root of the so-called "surge" is that it was sold as a means to bring about a broad reconciliation between warring factions...

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The Senators Grill Petraeus; My Brother Messages Me From Iraq

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq, General David Petraeus, Withdrawal Iraq, Petraeus Testimony, American Troops Petraeus, Petraeus Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Troops Iraq, US Troops Iraq, Buildup Iraq, Petraeus Iraq, Iraq Presidential Candidates, McCain Iraq, Clinton Iraq, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Iraq, Iraq War, Ryan Crocker, Presidential Candidates Iraq, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Petraeus Report, Petraeus, Iraq Surge, Iraq American Troops, American Troops Iraq Policy, Obama Iraq, Home News

As the Senate hearing on Iraq was winding down, I received an IM from my brother Sam, a soldier in Iraq. He's asking the same thing as the senators: "What are we doing here?"

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Joe Biden On Iraq: Staying Is "Killing Us"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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Senator Joe Biden continued to press his argument against the administration's strategy on Iraq across the TV dial this morning. On the Today Show, h...

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General Petraeus: "We Haven't Turned Any Corners. We Haven't Seen Any Lights At The End Of The Tunnel"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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The top American Commander in Iraq told two separate Congressional committees Tuesday that the progress touted by the Bush Administration was "fragile...

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Quotes From Iraq Hearings

AP | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Some quotes from lawmakers during Tuesday's Senate hearings on Iraq, which featured testimony from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker: _...

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Biden Flummoxes Crocker With God Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Senator Joe Biden may not have impressed enough voters while he was out on the stump to sustain his campaign, but he truly finds his stride in the com...

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Crocker Vastly Overstates Progress On Iraq Benchmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Earlier this morning, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) took time out from the rigors of their Iraq War hearings to play a little...

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Evan Bayh Cautions: Don't 'Take Marching Orders From Osama bin Laden'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Soft-spoken Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) may have been the last questioner of this morning's hearings on Iraq, but he ended up being a highlight of the he...

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Petraeus Iraq Hearings Videos: David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, John McCain And Carl Levin

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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***LAST UPDATED 4/9 11:44am*** ***Click Here For Updates On The Iraq Hearings*** --- General David Petraeus' Testimony Before House Members, Part 1...

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Obama Holds First Committee Meeting Before Petraeus Hearing

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Foreign Relations Committee, Ryan Crocker, Obama Committee Hearings, Petraeus Iraq, Obama Europe, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Politics News

Everyone is billing the David Petraeus/Ryan Crocker hearings tomorrow as the foreign policy tryout to the American people. But Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il...

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General Petraeus Iraq Hearings: Updates Here

Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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***LAST UPDATED 4/9 1:17pm*** Click Here For Videos Of The Hearings --- Petraeus Won't Say He'd Advise New President On Withdrawal: Spencer Ackerman...

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Petraeus Iraq Hearings: General Testifies To Congress

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

McCain Wants To Avoid Looking Like "Eager Cheerleader": The New York Times notes that John McCain "risks looking like an eager cheerleader if he heaps...

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