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...
Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
Every army of liberation has a half-life after which it turns into an army of occupation...You can extend that half-life by being considerate of the population ... But over time, again, you are not one of them.
Bob Burnett | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
On April 8th, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker told the Senate the President's Iraq surge strategy has "worked" and, therefore, curr...
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.
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...
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?
Marvin Kitman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Media
The Iraq hearings are my favorite kind of reality TV show, even though it lacks the suspense of watching the different ways the Pittsburgh Pirates have of losing ball games.
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?"
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...
William Tracy | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
You know what? Let's just do this randomly: First come, first serve helicopter rides from the top of the embassy building. Line forms around the block; first chopper leaves at nine. Go get 'em, soldiers!
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
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.08.2008 | 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...
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Just give us our symbols and our slogans and we'll be happy. Meanwhile, it won't matter what's really going on over there. What matters is what we're told is going on over there.
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
***LAST UPDATED 4/9 11:44am*** ***Click Here For Updates On The Iraq Hearings*** --- General David Petraeus' Testimony Before House Members, Part 1...
Cliff Schecter | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
It's far from the first time the "maverick" has made himself into a liar, and today's opening statement to General Petraeus once again showed it won't be the last.
Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
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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Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics