Summary
When Lt. Gen. David Petraeus came before the Senate Armed Services Committee in open session, its members understandably had many questions for the new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.
They knew of his reputation as a battlefield leader, a trainer of Iraqi troops and the author of the Army manual on counterinsurgency warfare. They also recognized the difficulty and importance of his new assignment.See the full content of this document
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General Not Part of Clinton's Listening Tour
Many of the questions queried deeply into the rationale for President George W. Bush's new strategy of injecting more U.S. troops into Baghdad neighborhoods wracked by killings by rival Sunni and Shiite gangs. Others challenged t...
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