Us Troops Iraq

'Surge' Ends With More Troops In Iraq Than Before Buildup Began

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall. Adm....

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US Withdrawal Timetable Insisted Upon By Iraqi Government

AP | SALLY BUZBEE | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains ...

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Iraq Includes Timetable For US Withdrawal In Security Proposal

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal th...

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The Simple Arithmetic of a Fraudulent Surge

David Fiderer | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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David Fiderer

From its inception, the Iraq war strategy was like a plan to fly across the Pacific without enough fuel to get to the other side. The surge made the plane fly faster. Our troops are the jet fuel.

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My Conversations with Charles Smith: the man who took on KBR

Dina Rasor | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Dina Rasor

Charles Smith, former chief of the Field Support Contracting Division of the Army Field Support Command, was in charge of overseeing the KBR's contra...

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Pentagon Announces Troop Deployments Of 42,000 To Iraq, Afghanistan

AP | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who wo...

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4 US soldiers killed; militants shell Green Zone

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers Monday as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the U.S.-pro...

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Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major ...

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Jason Linkins

McCain Does The View, Faces Behar Railing Against Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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John McCain made a campaign appearance on ABC's chatfest The View this morning, and answered a range of questions from his support of the Iraq War "su...

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The Senators Grill Petraeus; My Brother Messages Me From Iraq

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

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?"

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Two-Front War: Troops In Iraq For Surge May Be Needed In Afghanistan

CBS News | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home

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Faced with the demands of fighting a two-front war, the Joint Chiefs warned President Bush Wednesday that more U.S. troops may soon be needed in Afgha...

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Bush Won't Promise Further Troop Cuts

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

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CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush declined Saturday to promise more U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq before he leaves office, and underscored the...

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GOP Sen: Iraq Bill "A Bullet Right In The Hearts Of Our Troops"

Politico | Martin Kady II | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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In the war of words over Iraq, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) may want this one back. Speaking about a Democratic proposal to force Iraq troop w...

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3 US Soldiers Killed In Iraq Blast

MSNBC | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Three U.S. soldiers were killed Tuesday night in northwestern Baghdad when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device, the military sa...

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A Troop Draw-Down or Another Free Pass?

Dorothy Bendel | Posted 02.11.2008 | Home

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Dorothy Bendel

Has our inability to demand answers on Iraq given officials a free pass? Have we surrendered to the idea that we must endure this catastrophe until the next president takes office?

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Pentagon Brass Split On Troop Levels

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — A new burst of violence in Iraq sharpens the differences among U.S. military leaders over how to balance the risk of pulling U.S. t...

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Envoy: US Troops to Be in Iraq Into '09

AP | ANNE GEARAN and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — President Bush's top diplomat in Iraq said Friday that the U.S. plans to keep combat troops there into 2009, seen as the tipping po...

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Why Congress Didn't Bring The Troops Home

LA Times | Noam N. Levey | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

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To a crescendo of clicking cameras, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped before a row of shimmering U.S. flags last March to make an announcement Americ...

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Bush: "Fine With Me" If Troop Levels Remain The Same

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.12.2008 | Home

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Facing another decision about U.S. troop levels in Iraq by spring, President Bush said Saturday it's "fine with me" if generals recommend no more redu...

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2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics

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The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. militar...

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