There's little dot-connecting going on between Petraeus' promotion and the testimony he proffered less than a month ago.
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...
Bill Maher | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics
Let's face it: the amount of violence is more dependent on the Sadr ceasefire, as well as the agreement we've got with the Sunni tribes (who we're paying off), than it is on our surge-tastic troop levels.
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'...
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
As extraordinary as it may be to see Republican lawmakers throwing dispute and critique in the direction of White House darling General David Petraeus...
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...
Robert Naiman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
If Gilchrest's new, bipartisan push for real diplomacy with Iran and Syria gains support, it would put significant pressure on the administration to curtail its policy of confrontation with Iran.
Paul Hipp | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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...
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home
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?"
Ilyse Hogue | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
No matter what happens in Iraq, the Bush administration and John McCain always have an answer: 6 more months.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
Perhaps sensing that his testimony on Tuesday was undermining the official White House version of events in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus today offered a ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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...
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
Once again, the president is passing the buck to the uniformed military to justify continuing a ludicrous imperial adventure, and the good general has dutifully performed.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
The top American Commander in Iraq told two separate Congressional committees Tuesday that the progress touted by the Bush Administration was "fragile...
AP | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Some quotes from lawmakers during Tuesday's Senate hearings on Iraq, which featured testimony from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker: _...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Democratic Presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama shelved their ongoing campaigns and participated in this morning's committee heari...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
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...
Rep. John Murtha | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Our military cannot guarantee Iraqi economic progress or government efficacy, and we must not be fooled by those who say there will be chaos if we leave Iraq.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.08.2008 | 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...
Max Bergmann | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Petraeus and Crocker tell us they can't make predictions into the future, but they have no problem making scary predictions about what will happen if we withdraw.
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HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics