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Petraeus versus the President? »
Posted by: jovial 5 months ago in News
In part one of our interview with Gareth Porter, Porter explains his discovery that Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and other US military ...
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Why you should know Gen. Jack Keane »
Posted by: jovial 5 months ago in Political News
In part two of our interview with Gareth Porter, we examine the roots of Obama's break with the military leadership over Iraq. In doing ...
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General David Petraeus: we have two weeks to save Pakistan from Taliban - Telegraph »
Posted by: pc25 2 months ago in News
General David Petraeus, the commander of US Central Command, has reportedly told American officials that the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the ...
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Petraeus sees value in talking to Taliban »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in ...
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Petraeus Bolsters Obama Position »
Posted by: Aidenag 9 months ago in Political News
Throughout McCain' s presidential campaign, he has wrapped himself in the mantle of Gen. Petraeus, proclaiming himself his leading advocate. Yet during a talk Wednesday ...
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Ashraf Ghani Takes On Karzai »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months ago in Political News
I sat down for coffee last week with Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s finance minister from 2002 to 2004. He’s about to throw his hat ...
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General Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Surge »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Ingrates, every one of them. Whining and crying about being homeless, going hungry, getting raped, living in fear and darkness. Don't they understand what ...
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General Petraeus Repudiates Dick Cheney - Political Machine »
Posted by: TimALoftis 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Here's John King, the CNN reporter whose interview with Dick Cheney caused such a stir last week, now putting Cheney's assertion that President ...
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Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story on Pullout Plans »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The political maneuvering between President Barack Obama and his top field commanders over withdrawal from Iraq has taken a sudden new turn with the leak ...
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The Fog of Warmongering Continues with Obama »
Posted by: hyperbola 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
We’re a decade into the new American century, the neoconservatives are still leading the country on a march to the cliff, and most of ...
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Wearing the Beard for Petraeus »
Posted by: berkeley 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The most telling part of Ricks’s version of the surge genesis is what it omits. Ricks makes no mention of the American Enterprise Institute ...
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Think Progress » Petraeus: I don’t agree with Cheney that Obama has made the country more unsafe. »
Posted by: cosmogenium 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Earlier this month, former vice president Cheney told CNN that President Obama is "making some choices that raise the risk to the American people of ...
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Petraeus Book 'Endorsement' Draws Fire »
Posted by: ameliog 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Gen. David Petraeus is used to controversy surrounding the war in Iraq, but his publicized thoughts on an Army chaplain's book for Soldiers put ...
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Petraeus denies systematic torture during Bush years: Half heatedly defends Obama against Cheney. | Video Cafe »
Posted by: eezzbeat 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Gen. David Petraeus told CNN's John King that the military didn't order torture while Bush was president. "Was the line crossed? Did you ...
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Petraeus Takes First Step Towards 2012 Campaign »
Posted by: eezzbeat 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
It's perfectly obvious to everyone with a brain that the Republican Party has no credible candidates for 2012. Sarah Palin excites the shrinking GOP ...
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