6 1/2 Years On, the U.S. Mission in Iraq has Only Just Begun
There seems to be a colossal disconnect between the rhetoric and reality of the Obama Administration's strategy to withdraw troop levels in Iraq from 120,000 down to 50,000 by August 2010.
There seems to be a colossal disconnect between the rhetoric and reality of the Obama Administration's strategy to withdraw troop levels in Iraq from 120,000 down to 50,000 by August 2010.
Foreign Policy | Tom Ricks | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
American insiders in Baghdad say the relationship between the top U.S. commander there, Gen. Raymond Odierno, and the top civilian official there, Amb...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
CAMP RAMADI, Iraq — The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday an American role over the next 2 1/2 years is crucial to ensuring legitimate nat...
Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
Colonel Timothy R. Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, concluded, in what the New York Times called "an unusually blunt memo," that it is time "for the U.S. to declare victory and go home."
The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | World
A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...
Michael Schwartz | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
Obama's policy is to reduce the U.S. military "footprint" in Iraq. The administration is opting not for blunt-edged, Bush-style militarism, but for what might be thought of as an administrative push.
New York Times | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
Gen. Ray Odierno, the American commander in Iraq, said Sunday that Iraq's military and police units were ready to operate on their own, ahead of Tuesd...
CNN | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics
Iran continues to "interfere" in Iraq, including training insurgents and paying surrogates, the U.S. commander in Iraq told CNN on Sunday. But Arm...
New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics
The top American general in Iraq said Friday that one-fifth of American combat troops would stay behind in Iraqi cities even after the June 30 deadlin...
Tom Andrews | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
The Farr amendment not only affirms Congressional support, but positions Congress to keep a close eye out for evidence of mission creep.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics
The top general in Iraq, Ray Odierno, appeared on CNN's "State of the Nation" with John King, and sounded a very upbeat note regarding the timeline to...
Times London | Deborah Haynes | Posted 05.10.2009 | World
The activities of al-Qaeda in two of Iraq's most troubled cities could keep US combat troops engaged beyond the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal,...
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.
abcnews.go.com | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World
WASHINGTON, Mar 5 (IPS) - The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvemen...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (IPS) - The political maneuvering between President Barack Obama and his top field commanders over withdrawal from Iraq has taken ...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.05.2009 | World
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...
William Bradley | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
While most eyes were on the then impending vote on Obama's economic revival program, the new president ventured out to the Pentagon for his first meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday.
BBC | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home
The new US military commander in Iraq, Lt Gen Ray Odierno, has said that recent security gains there are "fragile and reversible". He was speaking in...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Pet...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
New York Senator and presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton closed out the first session of questioning with Generals David Petraeus and Ray Odierno. ...
Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.23.2009 | World