Direction of War Hangs On Words of Petraeus
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › August 10, 2007
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BAGHDAD (AP) - If Gen. David Petraeus is feeling the heat as he readies his momentous Iraq war report to Congress, it is hard to tell by the cool confidence with which he discusses the toughest mission of his career.
Rarely in recent history have the words of one general loomed so large in determining the direction of a war.See the full content of this document
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Direction of War Hangs On Words of Petraeus
Two things in particular give his coming September assessment and testimony to Congress great weight: He is viewed as the master of counterinsurgency strategy, having written just last year the military's manual on how it should be done. ...
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