Petraeus and Crocker Report to Congress
Why bother with transcripts when you can watch Bush's top Iraq officials spin the "surge" in living color? Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker have their Iraq assessments ready, for your viewing pleasure.Why bother with transcripts when you can watch Bush’s top Iraq officials spin the “surge” in living color? Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker have their Iraq assessments ready, for your viewing pleasure.
Gen. David Petraeus:
Ambassador Ryan Crocker:
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Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker's congressional check-in about Iraq this week didn't offer much hope for America's overseas entanglements, and as coverage of the overseas wars wanes, the media isn't holding politicians' feet to the fire -- or telling the real story about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gen. David Petraeus dug in his heels during a Senate hearing Tuesday, refusing to give specifics about additional U.S. troop withdrawal plans after July, recommending a "pause" instead and taking heat from congressional opponents like Carl Levin and Hillary Clinton in the process. Meanwhile, John McCain spoke of "real hope and optimism" for Iraq's future.
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