huffingtonpost.com - 4/13/2009
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The top general in Iraq, Ray Odierno, appeared on CNN's "State of the Nation" with John King, and sounded a very upbeat note regarding the timeline to withdraw from Iraq. King asked General Odierno "on a scale of 1 to 10, sir, how confident are you, 10 being fully confident, that you will meet ...
timesonline.co.uk - 4/9/2009
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The activities of al-Qaeda in two of Iraq
s most troubled cities could keep US combat troops...
engaged beyond the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, the top US commander in the country has warned. US troop numbers in Mosul and Baqubah, in the ...
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General Ray Odierno: we may have to ignore Iraq deadline ...
michaeltotten.com - 4/16/2009
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I read Fiasco by Thomas Ricks because an
American Marine officer in Fallujah told me to. “Especially...
make sure you read the chapter called How to Create an Insurgency ,” he said. “Ricks gets it exactly right in that chapter. But ...
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The Dissidents' War
online.wsj.com - 4/9/2009
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GREG HITT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans
to request new funding from Congress for the conflicts...
in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he risks a backlash from antiwar lawmakers. Mr. Obama is expected to seek congressional approval of $75.5 billion ...
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Obama Risks Liberal Backlash on War Funding
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Odierno Certain that US Troops will be Out of Iraq by Late 2011
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... had to express his commitment to the 2011 deadline if he was to keep his job and his career. In the former case, Odierno has clarified his own plans for the next 2 1/2 years in Iraq, which differ in some respects from what is envisaged in the Status of Forces Agreement and by Obama. In the latter case, we just saw a 180 degree turn on the part of a key American general, who has been subordinated to Obama and al-Maliki. Here is the transcript of the interview (h/t HuffPo: ' JOHN KING, CNN ANCHOR Here to talk about the president's visit and the ...
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mudvillegazette.com 5/12/2009 — One briefing (General Odierno, 8 May 2009) - two headlines:
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michaelyon-online.com 11/25/2008 — On November 13th I covered a mission in south Baghdad with soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division. General Petraeus once told me during the height of the fighting, back when violence was the lingua franca and victory was very much in question, that ...
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