The Senators Grill Petraeus; My Brother Messages Me From Iraq
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?"
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?"
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
On one level, it is fortunate that the Wall Street Journal, a day before General David Petraeus arrives on Capitol Hill to re-engage his attempts to s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
Years after missions were declared to have been accomplished in Iraq, it's still difficult to get a straight answer out of the Bush administration as ...
Eat The Press | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
This week has been marked by two big news events: The Petraeus hearings in Washington, and the sixth anniversary of 9/11. It is probably safe to say t...
Washington Post | William Branigin, Robin Wright and Peter Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The top U.S. military commander and diplomat in Iraq today came under sharp questioning from Democratic and Republican senators demanding a justificat...
Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
"I can't give you any timelines, dates or guarantees," Crocker just said. Again, that seems to me the message of these hearings. Crocker and Petraeus...
PBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Leadership in Iraq JIM LEHRER: Mr. Bolten, how did we get into a situation where one general named Petraeus has suddenly become the master whatever, ...
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home