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 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein.
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The top US commander in Iraq complained to the Pentagon last winter that his supply situation was so poor that it threatened Army troops&#39; ability to fight, according to an official document that has surfaced only now.
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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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Military commander in Iraq says call for withdrawal would represent 'a giant step backwards'.
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A soldier who generated front-page headlines by asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about a shortage of armored vehicles in Iraq got advice from a reporter before posing the question.
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Robert M. Gates also told senators that the United States went to war in Iraq without enough troops.
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A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday his party aims to limit the role of the nearly 140,000 American troops in Iraq and withdraw most of them from the war-torn country within a year.
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It could be next spring before U.S. troops in Iraq can hand over areas gained in their latest offensive to Iraqi forces and start to draw down, a top American commander said on Friday.
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Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., contends that just months into combat in Afghanistan, Gen.
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Sen. Susan Collins is reiterating her concerns that thousands of Humvees in Iraq lack sufficient armor. In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Collins noted that the Senate Armed
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In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.
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The Senate's top Democrat, facing a mini-storm of Republican attacks over his reported criticism of military leaders, said on Thursday he had high regard for the U.S. commander in Iraq but wished Gen. David Petraeus would be "more candid" about the difficulties there.
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By REX SPRINGSTON  When W. Shelton Miles dropped a bomb on the state Senate subcommittee, you could almost see the blood drain from one lawmaker's face. "This is extraordinarily unusual," said Sen. John Watkins, R- Powhatan. "It is extraordinary," Miles replied.
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Senator Norm Coleman says he has concerns about Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld&#39;s leadership because of the lack of armored vehicles in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein.    Sen...
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A leading Republican senator called Sunday for American troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq, declaring that a U.S. pullout is needed to head off "impending disaster" in the nearly 4-year-old war.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Breaking ranks with his party and his own earlier stance, a senior retiring Republican lawmaker said Wednesday the military strike against Iraq was &quot;a mistake,&quot; and he blasted a &quot;massive failure&quot; of intelligence before the war.