Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 26, 2009. Obama refused to send the full 30,000 troops requested by his generals because they had no plan for how to use them.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 9, 2009. I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman, John Conyers and others -- but I think Gupta is an inspired choice.