Petraeus

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 21 days ago
The top military commander in Iraq is being tapped to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, The Associated Press reports. ...

Source: cavett.blogs.nytimes.com --- 11 days ago
Petraeus and Crocker should drop the sesquip-...should drop the big words. ...

Source: cavett.blogs.nytimes.com --- 11 days ago
In the course of responding to readers' comments, Dick Cavett almost -- but not quite -- challenges General Petraeus to one-arm push-ups. ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 21 days ago
Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who has been leading troops in Iraq, is expected to become the next commander of U.S. Central Command. ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 21 days ago
Army Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 21 days ago
Who will replace General Petraeus as the Senior Commander in Iraq? Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno , a familiar face in the media and the man who has been serving as Petraeus's Deputy, is expected to take on the job. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who announced General Odierno's nomination at a press conference today, thanked him for accepting a move back to Iraq only two months after he had returned from a tour. Gates said that Petraeus will most likely leave Iraq in the late summer or early fall. More on General Odierno from his official bio page: Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno grew up in northern New Jersey, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, and graduated in June 1976 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Later, General Odierno attended North Carolina State University and the Naval War College, receiving Masters degrees in Nuclear Effects Engineering and National Security and Strategy, respectively. General Odierno is also a graduate of the Army War College. General Odierno's initial tours took him to United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany where he served as Platoon leader and Survey Officer of the 1 st Battalion, 41 st Field Artillery, 56 th Field Artillery Brigade as well as Aide-de-Camp to the Brigade's Commanding General. Following completion of the Artillery Officer Advance Course, General Odierno was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg, North Carolin ...

Source: wws.princeton.edu --- 6 days ago
David Petraeus M.P.A. '85, Ph.D. '87, Commanding General of the Multi-National Force - Iraq, is featured in the May issue of Fortune magazine for a special section titled, "The best advice I ever got." Petraeus’ commentary is part of a series in which leading figures from a wide array of fields – government, the military, Wall Street, technology, and entertainment – discuss the advice they received that most influenced their lives. ...

Source: www.commondreams.org --- 2 days ago
General Petraeus is being promoted. Now in charge of the war in Iraq, he will take charge of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Here’s a quick summary of the media’s opinion of the man, as taken from Wikipedia: “Time has named Petraeus one of the 100 most influential leaders and revolutionaries of 2007 as well [...] ...

Source: www.instapundit.com --- 13 days ago
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Source: hotair.com --- 21 days ago
Promoted. ...

Source: martinez.senate.gov --- 11 days ago
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Source: www.atimes.com --- 26 days ago
US General David Petraeus' portrayal of last month's offensive in Basra by Iraqi forces as inept masked a quite different picture in which Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched the attack to forestall a much bigger US-led operation against the Mahdi Army. Maliki did not want the US push to succeed. - Gareth Porter (Apr 18, '08) ...

Source: www.globalresearch.ca --- 10 days ago
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Source: claro.motime.com --- 7 days ago
Petraeus, Afghanistan and the Lessons of Iraq   May 6, 2008 By George Friedman Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded the surge in Iraq, was recommended April 23 by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to be the next head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, this means Petraeus would remain in ultimate command of the war in Iraq while also taking command in Afghanistan. Days after the recommendation, there was yet another unsuccessful attempt on the life of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on April 27. Then, media reports May 3 maintained the United States might strengthen its forces in Afghanistan to make up for shortfalls in NATO commitments. Across the border in Pakistan, Islamabad and the Taliban neared a peace deal April 25, the first fruits of the Pakistani government’s efforts to increase its dialogue with the Taliban — though these talks appeared to collapse April 28. Clearly, there appears to be movement with regard to Afghanistan. The question is whether this movement is an illusion — and if it is not an illusion, where is the movement going? Petraeus’ probable command in Afghanistan appears to be the most important of these developments. In Iraq, Petraeus changed the nature of the war. The change he brought to bear there was not so much military as political. Certainly, he deployed his forces differently than his predecessors, dispersing some of them in small units based in villa ...

Source: www.cato.org --- 26 days ago
featuring Christopher A. Preble ...

Source: www.fremonttribune.com --- 13 days ago
The promotion of Gen. David Petraeus is another ominous sign that the Bush administration may attack Iran. President Bush... ...

Source: www.pjstar.com --- 21 days ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general whose led troops in Iraq for the past year, has been tapped to become the next commander of U.S. Central Command, according to officials familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Navy Adm. William Fallon, who abruptly stepped down in March after a magazine reported that he was at odds with President Bush over Iran policy. Fallon said the report, while not true, had become a distraction. Taking Petraeus' position as the senior commander in Iraq would be Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, who had until recently been serving as Petraeus' deputy. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. Petraeus, 55, is widely hailed by the Bush administration and members of Congress for developing and implementing a new strategy in Iraq, including the deployment of some 30,000 additional troops, that dramatically improved security. Central Command, whose headquarters is at Tampa, Fla., is responsible for U.S. military operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa, and thus oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fallon relinquished the command March 28 to his top deputy, Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, and retired from the Navy earlier this month. ...

Source: www.atlanticfreepress.com --- 8 days ago
by Walter C. Uhler As three months of news reports of escalating violence in Iraq undercut widespread American propaganda about the "surge's" success, increasing numbers of Americans, once again, are reaching the conclusion that the Bush administration's illegal, immoral and incompetent invasion and occupation of Iraq is a war that never should have been fought. According to the results of CNN/Opinion Research Poll reported on 1 May 2008, 68 percent of Americans now oppose George W. Bush's war in Iraq. These Americans have (belatedly) gotten it right. Moreover, five years after viewing the sick "Mission Accomplished" propaganda, it's now becoming clear that the "surge" and the implementation of the counterinsurgency strategy detailed in General Petraeus' Counterinsurgency Field Manual were last-ditch and largely propaganda gimmicks chosen by Bush to avoid admitting his stark defeat in Iraq. Thus, Bush and Cheney are sacrificing lives while playing for time — time to escape office without being impeached and convicted, time to assert that the war was not lost during their watch. Simply consider the words of Andrew Bacevich, in his recent article "Surging to Defeat." Not only are American and Iraqi forces still suffering from nearly 500 attacks per week, "the United States today finds itself with too much war and too few warriors." Or consider the words of Steven Simon, in the May/June 2008 issue ...

Source: www.israelenews.com --- 4 days ago
When President Bush appointed General David Petraeus Commander (head) of the Multinational Forces in Iraq, his appointment was hailed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post as a brilliant decision ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 13 days ago
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday May 01 2008. It was last updated at 11:52 on May 01 2008. via Guardian Unlimited ...