Biden to Petraeus: Bring the troops home
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Joe Biden told Gen. David Petraeus "It's time to end the surge and bring the troops home" from Iraq.
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The Petraeus plan will have U.S. forces deployed in Iraq for years to come. Does anybody running for president realize that?
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been on the "farewell" circuit of late, going to see the troops in Iraq, saying goodbye to various folks at the Pentagon and around town.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans to unveil the most sweeping redeployment of U.S. military forces in nearly 60 years today, a plan to bring home as many as 100,000 soldiers from Germany, South Korea and ...
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Gen. David H. Petraeus proposed an American presence that would provide for a greater American combat role in protecting the Iraqi population.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 11 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that it "probably does make sense" to "pause" troop withdrawals from Iraq late this summer, after the last of the forces sent in as part of an offensive surge have gone home.
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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
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President Bush would bring 70,000 troops home from Europe and Asia in a major revamp of US military.
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Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker went before Congress for a second day today to deliver a progress report on the war in Iraq and explain a new military plan to withdraw the 30,000 reinforcements sent there earlier this year to improve security.
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Gen. David Petraeus said Monday he has recommended to President Bush that the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq begin this month with the departure of a California-based Marine unit.
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Gen. David H. Petraeusâs recommendations will likely lead to an earlier-than-expected start to troop reductions in Iraq, while deferring decisions on a wider withdrawal.
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Gen. David Petraeus is testifying this week on Capitol Hill with the nation split on whether he can be trusted to tell the truth about the Iraq war. Mel Wilmoth, in California, said Petraeus' words are little more than a salute to President Bush, but from Indiana, John Chiazza said Americans need to trust the general.
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The Iraq status report offered by Gen. David Petraeus on Monday and Tuesday continued to reverberate yesterday, with Democratic presidential candidates demanding a swifter exit from Iraq than the Bush administration is planning. And the campaign battle lines hardened, with Republicans attacking...
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Gen. David H. Petraeus said that by next summer the U.S. should be able to reduce its troop strength in Iraq to the level it was at before the recent increase.
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What Bush's surprise visit to Iraq tells us about Petraeus's upcoming report to Congress
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President George W. Bush will emphasize on Tuesday that his strategy in Iraq is aimed at eventually bringing U.S. troops home, as he seeks to stem growing Republican defections from his war policy.
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Senate Democrats hope to lure more Republican votes for a policy shift in Iraq by giving emphasis to a change of mission for U.S. troops there.