Congress expected to grill Petraeus on violence data
CNN
09/09/07
Congress is expected this week to pick apart U.S. military data suggesting attacks and civilian casualties in Baghdad have sharply decreased in recent months. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, is scheduled to testify before Congress beginning Monday, and he is expected to tell lawmakers the troop buildup is producing results...
http://tinyurl.com/2d8gv8
Americans doubt Petraeus report
Washington Post
09/09/07
Most Americans think this week’s report from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus will exaggerate progress in Iraq, and few expect it to result in a major shift in President Bush’s policy. But despite skepticism about the Petraeus testimony and majority support for a U.S. troop reduction in Iraq, there has also been a slight increase in the number who see the situation there as improving. The findings, from a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, underscore the depth of public antipathy toward the Iraq war, the doubts about the administration’s policies and the limited confidence in the Iraqi government to meet its commitments to restore civil order...
http://tinyurl.com/yvkndm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
09/09/07
Congress is expected this week to pick apart U.S. military data suggesting attacks and civilian casualties in Baghdad have sharply decreased in recent months. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, is scheduled to testify before Congress beginning Monday, and he is expected to tell lawmakers the troop buildup is producing results...
http://tinyurl.com/2d8gv8
Americans doubt Petraeus report
Washington Post
09/09/07
Most Americans think this week’s report from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus will exaggerate progress in Iraq, and few expect it to result in a major shift in President Bush’s policy. But despite skepticism about the Petraeus testimony and majority support for a U.S. troop reduction in Iraq, there has also been a slight increase in the number who see the situation there as improving. The findings, from a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, underscore the depth of public antipathy toward the Iraq war, the doubts about the administration’s policies and the limited confidence in the Iraqi government to meet its commitments to restore civil order...
http://tinyurl.com/yvkndm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
rudkla - 10. Sep, 17:12
