Byard Duncan, AlterNet: PEEK. May 29, 2009. The administration's eagerness to 'move forward' past the torture issue will bite it in the ass. Or stab it in the neck.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 26, 2009. The president also got a boost on Sunday when former Secretary of State Colin Powell came to his defense on both subjects
Siun, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 10, 2009. It sure looks more and more like we need a purge of the Cheney era generals who are doing everything they can to keep us in Iraq.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 7, 2009. A network of senior military officers appears to be engaged in an effort to mobilize public opinion against Obama's decision to leave Iraq.
Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent AlterNet: PEEK. October 10, 2008. While McCain Backs Petraeus, General Sounds Notes That Harmonize With Democratic Nominee.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Election 2008. May 30, 2008. The Senator improperly exploits the general to raise money for his campaign.
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. May 22, 2008. In a briefing on the Hill today, Gen. Petraeus once again urged the nation to wait just a few more months for improvements in Iraq.
Ilan Goldenberg, Huffington Post. April 23, 2008. As the head of U.S. Central Command, Petraeus will have to answer some tough questions he has thus far been able to avoid.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 23, 2008. Weeks after defending the war before Congress, General David Petraeus is tapped to become the head of U.S. Central Command.
Steve Niva, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 23, 2008. Through its awful Iraq strategy, the U.S. is re-creating itself in the image of a country permanently at war with the Arab and Muslim world.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. April 10, 2008. The Petraeus hearings trapped Democrats into talking about whether the 'surge' is working, not that the U.S. has no right to be there.
David Corn, Mother Jones. April 9, 2008. Petraeus' testimony was predictable: Progress is real, we must stay the course. But Democrats missed an opportunity to undercut the White House story.
Bobby Muller, AlterNet. April 8, 2008. General Petraeus calls for a pause against troop withdrawal, disregarding the fact that our military is nearly broken.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. April 8, 2008. The effort is an indication that the operation was viewed as a major embarrassment just as Gen. David Petraeus is about to testify before Congress.
