Senator: Commander Told of Military Drain
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A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the US-led invasion of Iraq
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The U.S. military commander in one of the more troubled areas of Iraq said Friday that that the call to begin troop withdrawals before the end of the year would be "a giant step backward."
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The vice president said today that lawmakers who pursue a withdrawal of forces are âunderminingâ the troops.
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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait  - An American soldier  complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday  troops were being forced to dig up scrap metal to protect their  vehicles in Iraq because of a shortage of armored transport.
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The former U.S. commander in Iraq issued an urgent plea to the Pentagon last winter for supplies, saying he was "unable to sustain readiness." In a memo obtained by the Washington Post, Army Lt.-Gen. Ricardo ...
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A senior Democratic senator released a report alleging that the US Pentagon exaggerated the military risks posed by Iraq before the US-led war there to support a decision already taken by the White House to invade the country.
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A US commander in Iraq warns against early troop withdrawals, despite growing calls for a pullout.
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Gen. George Casey, nominated for the post of Army chief of staff, faced severe questions Thursday from senators about the strategies he implemented when he was the commander of U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq.
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One of the men who helped put Democrat John Kerry on the defensive over his military record during the Vietnam war is answering questions about his own service during that conflict.
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US Senator Chris Dodd demanded answers on military preparedness from Donald Rumsfeld, describing the defense secretary as ``cavalier&#39;&#39; in his response to a soldier who said troops in
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A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by at least 20,000 more soldiers than Washington had  anticipated, to help free U.S. troops from conducting daily patrols, checkpoints and other critical yet dangerous missions.
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A top US senator accuses a former key Pentagon official of twisting intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war.
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A Democratic U.S. Senator on  Thursday accused a senior Pentagon official of distorting  intelligence information to back claims of links between Iraq  and al Qaeda in the run-up to last year's U.S.-led invasion.
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A senior Democratic senator released a report Thursday alleging that the US Pentagon exaggerated the military risks posed by Iraq before the US-led war there to support a decision already taken by the White House to invade the country.
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Republican senators lobbed criticisms of President Bush&#39;s Iraq war policies during yesterday&#39;s news talk shows, arguing that the US military needs more troops on the ground and should move without
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More than 8,000 others were wounded in the last two years, an American general said.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus came under fire on Tuesday from Republicans skeptical about war strategy as well as Democrats who have demanded a swifter withdrawal of American troops