(Via msnbc.com.)
The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress Tuesday that hard-won gains in the war zone are too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond this summer, holding his ground against impatient Democrats and refusing to commit to more withdrawals before President Bush leaves office in January.
In testimony that featured questioning by the major […]
(Via CNN.com.)
The sharp differences between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates over the war in Iraq shared the spotlight Tuesday during Senate hearings.
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said that success in Iraq was “within reach” at the beginning of the high-profile hearing on Iraq involving Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general […]
(Via washingtonpost.com.)
When Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker travel to Capitol Hill tomorrow, they might be the ones before the microphones, but the cameras will be trained on three of their inquisitors: Sens. John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
The hearings before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees […]
