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Afghanistan

Focusing on the Greatest Danger

Report 24 September 2008
Yesterday, in testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Gates said that military operations in Afghanistan require another 10,000 troops that he did not have because of Iraq. Gates also stated that the Al Qaeda safehaven in Northwest Pakistan represented the most direct threat to the U.S. homeland. This isn’t surprising.
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Iraq

Bush to Cut Army Tours to 12 Months

News The Washington Post 10 April 2008
Military

Reducing Deployments Will Not Increase Troop Readiness, Repair Strained Military

Report 9 April 2008
Current and former military officers are deeply concerned about U.S. military readiness.
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Iraq

Testimonty of Rand Beers: Iraq and the Costs to America's Security

Report 28 February 2008
The cost of the war in Iraq in terms of lives and treasure has been tremendous.
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Afghanistan

Fact Check: Bush Plain Wrong on Afghanistan

Press Release Washington, DC 24 February 2008
Iraq

U.S.: Bush's Successor May Inhereit Quagmire In Iraq

News Inter Press Service 13 September 2007
Iraq

New Video: National Security Experts on Petraeus and the Aftermath

Press Release Washington, DC 10 September 2007
Today the National Security Network released a new video Crisis in Confidence: The Politics and Policy of the Petraeus Report in which frank assessments of the Bush Administration's flawed Iraq strategy are offered by leading experts such as Richard Clarke, Jon Alterman, and Mara Rudman.
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