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Petraeus: "I Don't Know" If My Iraq Policy Makes America Safer — Sen. John Warner (R-VA) questions Gen. David Petraeus:
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Washington Post:
Petraeus, Crocker Face Skepticism on Drawdown — 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.
CNN:
Official: Bush to announce troop withdrawal — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush is expected to announce plans to withdraw roughly 30,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer, following a recommendation by the top American commander there, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
Amanda / Think Progress:Is Petraeus' Drawdown Part Of The White House's 2008 Political Strategy?
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Matt / Think Progress:Petraeus: 'I don't know' if Iraq war makes America safer. »
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The Next Hurrah
Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
BREAKING NEWS: New Times poll examines 3 early states — At the beginning of the autumn dash to the primaries, a new Times/Bloomberg Poll of 3,211 Democrats and Republicans in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina shows that Hillary Clinton maintains a strong lead in all three states (28%, 35% and 45%, respectively).
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Chris / TVNewser:
Olbermann's Win A Surprise Even Inside MSNBC — Phil Griffin knew it would happen, he just didn't think it would happen this quickly. On Friday night, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann was the top-rated cable news show in the 25-54 demo. That means Olbermann beat his cable rival …
Christiane Amanpour / CNN:
Sources confirm Israeli airstrike on Syria — (CNN) — Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike inside Syria last week, possibly targeting weapons that were destined for Hezbollah militants, according to sources in the region and in the United States. — Syria reported that its aircraft fired …
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James Rosen / Fox News:
U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan — WASHINGTON — A recent decision by German officials to withhold support for any new sanctions against Iran has pushed a broad spectrum of officials in Washington to develop potential scenarios for a military attack on the Islamic regime, FOX News confirmed Tuesday.
Fox News:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich Stands Alone Opposed to Sept. 11 Commemoration Resolution — WASHINGTON — Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate and no stranger to contrarian views, was the sole congressman Tuesday to vote against the House's Sept. 11 commemoration resolution.
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Republicans introduce measure condemning MoveOn ad — House Republican leaders introduced a resolution Monday condemning a full-page newspaper ad from MoveOn.org that criticizes the character of Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Ray McGovern / Consortiumnews.com:'Swear Him In' Provokes Expulsion
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The Long War Journal:
Resistance "is a normal thing, and a right for everyone" — Perhaps more than any other element, contextual local perspective is missing from analysis about Iraq as a whole and Fallujah in particular. Western media, media consumers, and the political class offer strategic assessments …
Juan Cole:
Can Gen. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker Save the Next Democratic President? — Despite what the pundits will say, I fear the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the Hill Monday and Tuesday is not a turning point, does not give Bush breathing room, and is largely irrelevant.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Rudy Planning To Spend Part Of 9/11 Anniversary With Noted Basher Of 9/11 Widows — Rudy Giuliani may be running for President on his 9/11 performance, but that hasn't stopped him from planning to spend part of the sixth anniversary of the attacks with a high-profile pundit who's repeatedly bashed …
Martin Amis / Times of London:
9/11 and the cult of death — Our correspondent contends that our response to September 11 has been deficient. Radical Islam, he argues, must be recognised as a fanatical death cult, such as Nazism or Bolshevism — "In my humble", as one of Updike's Pennsylvanians likes to put it …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Doesn't Anyone Remember Anthrax? — What I just learned from CNN: … I've long been fascinated by the erasure of the anthrax attacks - which, in their own way, freaked out the country more than 9/11 did* - from our collective memory. — *People object when I suggest this …
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