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Gen. David Petraeus, who commands U.S. forces in the Middle East, said he does not expect progress in Afghanistan to mirror the quick and dramatic results achieved under the troop surge in Iraq in 2007. Full Article at Air Force Times
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The war in Afghanistan "will be a step-by-step operational campaign," Army Gen. David Petraeus said. "There will at times be increases in violence as the Taliban fight back." Full Article at USA Today
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Even as the U.S. military scrambles to support a troop surge in Afghanistan, it is donating passenger vehicles, generators and other equipment worth tens of millions of dollars to the Iraqi government. Full Article at Huffington Post
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On Fox News Sunday today, General David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, responded to a pointed question from journalist Chris Wallace with a surprising answer. Full Article at DonklePhant
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You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! Gen. David Petraeus may be registered as a Republican but he didn't vote for John McCain for president in 2008. Full Article at Crooks and Liars
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In his Crib Sheet, CNN's John King looks back at Sunday's talk shows and ahead to the topics that will be making news this week. Full Article at CNN
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2009 Even as hundreds of Marines launched a new offensive in southern Afghanistan, top U.S government and military officials made the Sunday morning news-show circuit here today spelling out President Barack Obama’s new war... Full Article at U.S. Department of Defense
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[*] WALLACE: I’m Chris Wallace and this is “Fox News Sunday.” President Obama announces a new strategy for Afghanistan. We’ll get specifics from the head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, the man who wrote the book on counterinsurgency. Full Article at CQ Politics
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Gen. David Petraeus said on "Fox News Sunday" that a future run for elective office isn't in his plans -- even though some conservatives want him to wage a presidential bid in 2012. Full Article at The Politico
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President Obama did acknowledge the success of the surge in Iraq and used some of its lessons to develop a plan in Afghanistan, the head of Central Command said Sunday. Full Article at FOX News
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Ch. 9: "Fox News Sunday": Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command; Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. , and John Cornyn, R-Texas. CNN: "State of the Union": Gen. Jim Jones, national security adviser to President Barack Obama; Sens. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Lahore: While Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied the presence of the Taliban leadership in the country, US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has reiterated that top Taliban leaders have taken refuge in the country, and... Full Article at Zee News
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The Obama administration takes to the Sunday morning talk shows to make the case for the president’s Afghan war surge against a swelling tide of criticism. Full Article at The Caucus
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The deployment time in the case of Iraq was six months; when the Pentagon first came to President Obama two months ago with a plan that stretched over 18 months, he offered up some withering questions. Full Article at JustOneMinute
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Meanwhile, Gen. Jim Jones, the White House's national security adviser, will sit down with CNN's "State of the Union" to offer his thoughts on the troop surge. Full Article at The Hill
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Lahore, Dec.5 (ANI): While Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied the presence of the Taliban leadership in the country, US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has reiterated that top Taliban leaders have taken refuge in the... Full Article at OneIndia
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KABUL (AP) U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft in the first offensive since President Obama announced an American troop surge. Full Article at USA Today
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Saturday, December 05, 2009 WASHINGTON: Pakistans key strides in fighting terrorism over the past one year cannot be underestimated, head of the US Central Command Gen David Petraeus has said, citing the countrys sustained anti-militant campaigns... Full Article at The News
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Gen. David Petraeus says the Marine Corps offensive launched Friday in southern Afghanistan is part of preparations for the arrival of 30,000 new U.S. reinforcements. Full Article at The New Republic
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WASHINGTON—Gen. David Petraeus says the Marine Corps offensive launched Friday in southern Afghanistan is part of preparations for the arrival of 30,000 new U.S. reinforcements. Full Article at Boston Globe
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certainly there are some similarities and the -- and the focus again on focusing on the security of the people is an important component of this. But we have to be very careful to recognize the enormous differences between Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Two years ago, Republicans got most Democrats to denounce MoveOn.org when it attacked Gen. David Petraeus’s credibility on Iraq. This isn’t a new playbook.
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It will be very challenging. There will be nothing easy about it. There has been nothing easy. Afghanistan is hard and it's hard all the time and we have our eyes wide open about that
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According to Gen. David Petraeus, there needs to be an equivalent of 20 U.S. soldiers for every 1,000 Afghani people, which means that there needs to be over 600,000 troops in Afghanistan
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Pakistan should put the cleared territories under a senior Corps Commander for post-conflict vigilance and rebuilding to ensure that these areas don’t slide back to become terrorist havens
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Around the time the bombers struck, I was flying over the city in a Black Hawk helicopter with General David Petraeus.
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Our understanding is a decision will be forthcoming pretty soon, perhaps when [Obama] gets back from the Asia trip that he’s on right now ... Then we’ll all press forward. And I think we will do so with enormous benefit from having had these discussions that have again enabled all different participants...
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Speaking slowly and forcefully from his wheelchair, Byrd directly challenged counter-insurgency strategy proposed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Central Command.
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Make no mistake about it, we're not trying to turn Afghanistan into Sweden
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The last time Americans saw this type of outright contempt directed toward a four-star general is when this same San Francisco liberal attempted to undercut General David Petraeus by declaring his successful surge strategy a ‘failure,’
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It is important to note that India is still seen as the greatest threat, greater than the Taliban, greater than even Al Qaeda
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Our partnership with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl gives us an opportunity to recognize our members for their selfless service to our country ... Participating in last year’s presentation of the GAPA Award to General David Petraeus was the highlight of our involvement. We’re eagerly anticipating...
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The effort in Afghanistan obviously requires a sustained substantial commitment
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There’s recent precedent for this. Many Americans will recall that two years ago, in accordance with a requirement contained in another Defense Appropriations bill, General David Petraeus came to Washington to explain what had gone wrong in Iraq and what he and the rest of our forces were doing to turn ...
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It is a fact that the Taliban were the host to al-Qaida in Afghanistan ... A key objective is to ensure that they are not able to return to sanctuaries in Afghanistan of the type in which … they did the original planning for the attacks of 9/11.
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During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama (pictured here in Iraq with General David Petraeus) not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq, he argued for the need to 'end the mindset that took us into' that war, So it's troubling that he ramped up his rhetoric during the campaign about exiting ...
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It is a fact that the Taliban were the host to al-Qaida in Afghanistan ... A key objective is to ensure that they are not able to return to sanctuaries in Afghanistan of the type in which … they did the original planning for the attacks of 9/11.
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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. David Petraeus, the commander overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have both endorsed Gen. McChrystal's approach to the conflict publicly in recent days. Adm. Mullen told a Senate panel earlier this month that he also endorsed send...
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I'm trying to resist the notion that what worked in Iraq will work in Afghanistan
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David Petraeus is the man with the best shot at beating President Obama in 2012
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The challenges in Afghanistan are significant. But the stakes are also high. And while the situation unquestionably is serious, the mission is still do-able
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Among those set to attend the Wednesday afternoon meeting are Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Central Command's Gen. David Petraeus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones and other top off...
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They died replacing and then protecting us from an evil regime that harbored terrorists. We must not try to 'fight a war on the cheap' and let our losses be for naught. General David Petraeus and Admiral Mike Mullen both support General McChrystal's report.
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and his boss, Gen. David Petraeus, with the support of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, are about to request additional forces needed to prevail in Afghanistan ... We trust the president will approve their request – and if higher to lower risk options are presented, that he will choose ... the option ...
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