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...
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaida may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casua...
Janet Ritz | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Credit where it is due, Senator McCain. In the case of "Clear, Hold and Build," that credit belongs to H.R. McMaster and those who tried for so long to have his strategy implemented; too long for the many lives that have been lost.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Pet...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
** UPDATE BELOW ** Jake Tapper at ABC News notes: On Monday, Memorial Day, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen wrote an open letter to troops ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
New York Senator and presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton closed out the first session of questioning with Generals David Petraeus and Ray Odierno. ...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
As General David Petraeus testifies before the Senate today to be confirmed as the senior commander of US troops in the Middle East, the Senators shou...
Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
While commanding the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, David H. Petraeus famously mused to journalist Rick Atkinson, "Tell me ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
There's little dot-connecting going on between Petraeus' promotion and the testimony he proffered less than a month ago.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
The confirmation hearings should give Democrats an opportunity to finally get Petraeus to answer some central questions.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
*** UPDATES BELOW *** The Associated Press is reporting that Gen. David Petraeus has been nominated as the next Chief of Cental Command for the Unite...
Moira Whelan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
His mistakes would prevent McCain from getting a job as a research assistant at any think tank in D.C., let alone delivering anything resembling a responsible foreign policy as president.
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
The Army Times highlight's John McCain's latest national security gaffe: Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may not have b...
Mark Green | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics
The only realistic exit now is the exit of a GOP administration that cannot admit its failures. That takes a new Democratic President in 2009 -- and a new Democratic VP. Why not Clark?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics
Michael Gerson begins his latest piece for the Washington Post by saying, "It is a political error for a candidate to believe that voters who agree wi...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics
When General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before a Senate Committee this week, there was one issue never mentioned: that's the issue of Iraqi refugees.
Frank Mankiewicz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Not your usual documentary, Body of War is a superb example of how film can illuminate human lives.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media
General David Petraeus sat for another round of interviews in D.C. today following his second round of Capitol Hill hearings, and it's clear he doesn'...
Kathleen Reardon | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Were the senators and congressmen duped this week by Gen. Petraeus? No. They were simply outmatched.
John Bruhns | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
So why won't our elected leaders do something about ending the war? Because in their minds, they believe that the majority of us will not formulate our opposition to the war into comprehensive political will.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
We noted yesterday the bizarre way that General Petraeus' testimony changed between his Tuesday appearance before the Senate committees and his Wednes...
Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Now that the surge has died of natural causes, Petraeus' goal on Capitol Hill this week was as hazy as the mission of the Iraq war itself.
Rep. John Conyers | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration has given us literally no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt, and every reason to demand immediate and drastic change.
The New York Times | THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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...
Dan Agin | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
Since it's the American people who are shedding blood and money for the Iraq War, hiding anything at all about the war from them is both un-American and dangerous. Is Petraeus capable of straight talk?
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Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics