Posts tagged Petraeus

• 09 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: "Progress" Report

  "Progress" ReportYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Seven months after the start of the "surge," General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to update senators on the "fragile and reversible" progress in Iraq. We have the highlights.

• 07 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

  Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part DeuxYour Daily Politics Video Blog: In advance of Tuesday's congressional appearances by Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, the Sunday shows were all Iraq. Was the Basra offensive successful? Did the surge work? Is political reconciliation occurring? It's all go

• 17 Sep

  Episode: Veracifier

  TPMtv: John McCain vs. The Video Tape

  John McCain vs. The Video Tape2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) went on Meet the Press Sunday to debate the war in Iraq with Senator John Kerry (D-MA). And what a show it was. With McCain's deluge of devastating points and dizzying rhetorical takedowns, Kerry was clea

• 13 Sep

  Blog: Veracifier

  Phoning it in?

  Joe Klein says the White House called Petraeus during testimony to tell him to toe the party line..

• 12 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: A Chat with John Edwards, Part II

  TPMtv: A Chat with John Edwards, Part IIOn Friday September 7, John Edwards delivered a major policy address at Pace University in New York City on combating terrorism and the war in Iraq. TPMtv caught up with the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate following his speech and talked to him about ho

• 27 Aug

  Blog: TPMtv

  A glimmer of hope for Iraq?

  Elected leaders on Sunday representing the main factions in Iraq announced they had reached a deal on some of the most contentious issues facing the government. The compromise must be approved by the parliament, but that it enjoys the support of leaders in all three factions — especially the Sunni

• 19 Jun

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Decision

  DecisionPresident Bush isn't willing to make the tough decision in Iraq. Is anyone else?There is no status quoTPMtv's Roundup of Sunday Show Iraq ChatterThinking back over the blather...Clinton, Obama, Edwards At ASFCME All Agree: America Is Staying In The Middle East 

• 18 Jun

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup - September

  SeptemberIn a TPMtv Sunday Show Roundup, we do our very best to puzzle out just what to expect from the Iraq war progress report coming in September. Iraq: The Battle of September Has Already BegunPetraeus' Perspective on IraqAn Iraq Caucus of One