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WH Says Funding Cut Could Prolong Iraq War
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a new line of argument, the White House cautioned Congress that any funding cuts in aid for Iraq could wind up lengthening the war effort there. This is the first time that the White House has used this reasoning in its annual battle with the Democratic-controlled Congress over war funding and could reflect a new confidence within the Administration about the eventual outcome of the war. In past funding debates, the Administration has focused its lobbying efforts around the strategic argument of completing the mission in Iraq and the moral imperative for Congress to provide resources to ...
Tame Iraq Hearing for Petraeus, Crocker
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyU.S. Iraq Commander Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees today in the latest congressionally mandated update on progress in Iraq since the implementation of the troop surge strategy. The hearings were largely un-confrontational and the atmosphere on Capitol Hill was vastly different from September 2007, the last time the two men appeared before Congress. Petraeus told the lawmakers that progress in Iraq, both political and military, was, "significant but uneven;" and warned that a precipitous ...
Petraeus Testimony Preview
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a reprise of their highly anticipated and well-received Congressional testimony of last September, Iraq commander General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will testify before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees today. This will be the second in a series of congressionally mandated updates on progress in Iraq as a result of the troop surge. The conditions on Capitol Hill should be a good deal more welcoming for the two this time, as it is now generally acknowledged that the surge has been successful at reducing the level of violence in Iraq. ...
Iraq Progress Report May Remain Secret
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyA new National Intelligence Estimate on security gains in Iraq is in production and scheduled to be delivered to Congress in advance of Iraq Commander Gen. David Petraeus's Congressional testimony in April. But if Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell has his way, the public may never get to see the new NIE's conclusions. Officials said that the intelligence community has not yet decided whether to make the key judgments from the report public, and stressed that the National Intelligence Board, made up of the heads of the 16 intelligence agencies in the federal government, is ...
U.S. Hands Karbala Over to Iraq
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe U.S. Military officially handed over Karbala Province to Iraqi military and police forces yesterday in a ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Karbala. U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were upbeat about the Iraqis' ability to handle security in the province in a joint statement."Iraqi security forces in Karbala have been successfully operating independently, maintaining their own security for the past three months. Working with local government officials, they have demonstrated their readiness to assume responsibility for the province. Today the responsibility ...
State Department Threatens Draft
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyCome Monday morning, 200-300 State Department employees will find a note in their mailboxes notifying them that they are "prime candidates" for unfilled job openings in Iraq. On request of Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has determined that, should an insufficient number of volunteers appear, up to 50 empty positions would need to be filled by "direct assignments." While these "forced assignments" and "hardship tours," as the media has already coined, will likely tempt politicians and anti-war fanatics into a frothing frenzy of Vietnam War comparisons, it should ...
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