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Or how we were supposed to judge the "surge."
By Tim Grieve
September 10, 2007
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By August 2009, we'll be back to where we were when the "surge" began. Maybe.
By Tim Grieve
September 10, 2007
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The Petraeus road show will roll into Washington with dubious claims that troop increases have reduced violence.
By Joe Conason
September 7, 2007
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The head of the GAO says he can't get "comfortable" with the military's claim of a 75 percent drop in sectarian violence.
By Tim Grieve
September 7, 2007
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The Democrats are talking compromise. Has that worked yet?
By Tim Grieve
September 7, 2007
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Is sectarian violence really down 75 percent in Iraq? Maybe -- if you don't count a lot of it.
By Tim Grieve
September 6, 2007
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Petraeus says sectarian violence has been reduced "dramatically." The GAO says any decrease is "unclear."
By Tim Grieve
September 5, 2007
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As plans to stabilize Iraqi politics go nowhere fast, experts warn that the latest U.S. tactics could lead to greater civil war.
By Mark Benjamin
September 5, 2007
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The general was unhappy with how security "improvements" were characterized.
By Tim Grieve
August 28, 2007
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McCain: Petraeus will report to Congress on 9/11 anniversary.
By Tim Grieve
August 20, 2007
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Gen. David Petraeus won't write the Petraeus report. If the White House has its way, he won't testify in public about it, either.
By Tim Grieve
August 16, 2007
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Petraeus says the United States must reduce troop levels in Iraq "by about a year or so from now."
By Tim Grieve
August 15, 2007
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The White House will write the Petraeus report.
By Tim Grieve
August 15, 2007
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Gen. Petraeus may declare Iraq's Nineveh province safe enough for U.S. troops to pull out. Anyone seen the news today?
By Tim Grieve
August 15, 2007
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The White House fears that the former secretary of state will finally tell the truth about planning for the Iraq war.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 9, 2007
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Not only is the "surge" not working, it's destabilizing Iraq. Yet military leaders say troops should stay for the long term.
By Joe Conason
August 3, 2007
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The latest government estimate of the terrorist threat is just a rehash of the same old script, produced under pressure to support the president's efforts to sell the Iraq war.
By Sidney Blumenthal
July 19, 2007
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Bush may ignore the 4th Circuit's stinging rebuke of his war paradigm. But his policies are losing the cloak of legality.
By Sidney Blumenthal
June 21, 2007
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Do more American deaths mean progress in Iraq?
By Tim Grieve
June 18, 2007
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Fox says he has confirmed that he called Gen. Peter Pace "incompetent." Not exactly.
By Tim Grieve
June 14, 2007
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With the president's poll numbers still dropping, the White House takes good news where it can find it.
By Tim Grieve
June 14, 2007
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At a press conference, the president says we should wait to judge the surge until Gen. Petraeus' September report. But what will be in that report?
By Alex Koppelman
May 24, 2007
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NBC's Andrea Mitchell says Republican senators told the Iraq commander he has until Labor Day to make progress. What's wrong with this story?
By Joan Walsh
April 1, 2007
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As a withdrawal measure fails in the Senate, Petraeus asks for even more troops.
By Tim Grieve
March 16, 2007
Awaiting Petraeus: The reality check
Don't believe the surge hype
Bush's new friends: The Sunnis
Will the real Colin Powell stand up?
Bush's non-exit exit strategy
Cooking the intelligence, again
Imperial presidency declared null and void
Did Gen. Petraeus meet with GOP caucus on Iraq?
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