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antiwar.com - 2/12/2009
Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story on Pullout Plans
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Excerpt: The political maneuvering between President Barack Obama and his top field commanders over withdrawal from Iraq has taken a sudden new turn with the leak by CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus -- and a firm denial by a White House official -- of an account of the Jan. 21 White House ...

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amazon.com - 2/10/2009
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008: ...
— amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Amazon Best of the Month, February 2009 : Anyone who read Fiasco , Thomas E. Ricks's superb, bestselling account of the Iraq War through 2005, and has followed the war since has likely noticed that many of the heroes of that ... (more) The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American ...

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armedservices.house.gov - 2/13/2009
U.S. House of Representatives, House Armed Services Committee
— armedservices.house.gov — Hearing Information 2009 - 2010 Thursday, February 12, 2009 – 1:00 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Strategies for Countering Violent Extremist Ideologies. · ... (more) U.S. House of Representatives, House Armed Services ...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/18/2009
TPMmuckraker's Complete List of Bush-Era DOJ Stonewallers
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — At least nine Bush administration officials refused to cooperate with various Justice Department investigations during the final days of the Bush presidency, according to public records and interviews with federal law enforcement officials and many ... (more) TPMmuckraker's Complete List of Bush-Era DOJ Stonewallers

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Tomgram: Dahr Jamail, Iraq from the Inside of an Armored BMW
TomDispatch — ... out -- and that's without even taking into account the political situation in that country. Recently, according to military leaks to the media, "U.S. military planners" have come up with ...

Half A Withdrawal Is Better Than None
Newshoggers.com — ... Gareth Porter's sources say that the alternatives to Obama's original 16 month deadline were put forward by the military - and not requested by the president as was leaked by the Petraeus camp - in an attempt to sway Obama towards the possibility of pushing withdrawal even further out. But that seems to have had limited success. ...

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