"Progress" Report
Your 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.
Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux
Your 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 good, if you're a Republican deadender.
John McCain vs. The Video Tape
2008 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 clearly no match. But the real contest was the debate between McCain and videographic evidence of statements made previously in the week. We match the two toe-to-toe, and let the viewer decide the ultimate debate...
Joe Klein says the White House called Petraeus during testimony to tell him to toe the party line..
TPMtv: A Chat with John Edwards, Part II
On 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 how soon he would drawn down US troops in Iraq, what he thinks of the Petraeus progress report, and how he has evolved as a presidential candidate. Yesterday we showed you part I of our interview. Today we...
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 Islamic Party — is a hopeful sign.
The proposed de-Baathification process would allow greater participation by former Baathists, paving the way for a government more inclusive of Sunnis. Likewise, the...
Decision
President Bush isn't willing to make the tough decision in Iraq. Is anyone else?
September
In 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.
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