April 11, 2008 - Look, no one is doubting Petraeus' skill as a general. Seems to be the best guy we've got. He's the man. He's Zeus. We all agree. And maybe things would be much better now if he'd been in charge from the start.
But if we need...
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April 10, 2008 - At a campaign event for an global investment firm, John McCain was asked if he would reject "the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war." McCain refused to say no, noting, "I don't think you could make a blanket statement about pre-emptive war, because obviously, it depends on the...
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April 9, 2008 - After yesterday's testimony on Capitol Hill, Gen. David Petraeus spent the evening figuring out how to rephrase the r...
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April 8, 2008 - I hear a lot of people these days talking about the best way to withdraw our troops from Iraq. Well, it's perfectly simple. If everyone just follows my calendar for withdrawal, then we can end thi...
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April 8, 2008 - General David Petraeus testified on Capitol Hill today amidst news that...
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April 9, 2008 - At this week's hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, General David Petraeus used a very particular word to describe...
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April 8, 2008 - As General Shuck and Ambassador Jive hit Congress again for more independent testimony, one thing is certain: Given the right imagery, slogans, and catch phrases, most Americans are dumb eno...
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April 8, 2008 - It's not that Carl Levin and others aren't asking the tough questions, but they're not the ones I'd put to General Petraeus, which are:
1) Do you put off having your jacket clea...
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November 13, 2007 - Odds that...
When Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, hears that ex-prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is urging him to resign, he giggles from his bu...