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MELANIE MORGAN: Live-Blogging from Capitol Hill: General Petraeus Testimony
MelanieMorgan.Com ^ | April 8, 2008 | Melanie Morgan

Posted on 04/08/2008 11:43:53 PM PDT by Syncro

Live-Blogging from Capitol Hill: General Petraeus Testimony
Written by Melanie Morgan   
Tuesday, 08 April 2008

Michelle Malkin is doing a stunning job of keeping track of the bloviating from Senate Democrats, heckling by CodePink, and the reports of REAL progress taking place in Iraq.

Go here.

Or click over to Sister Toldjah here.

Ron Winter sums it with his withering criticism of Senator Carl Levin. Disgusting.

Also, I got a call from Kristinn Taylor at FreeRepublic.com who brought a banner into the Senate chambers in D.C.

 It read "Thank You General Petraeus."

Naturally, the Capitol police snatched his sign. And let the CodePinkos wave their anti-American banner that read "Bring the troops, home NOW!"

Predictably, Senator Obama is now grabbing the spotlight by demanding that Americans negotiate with the terrorist government of Iran.

This man is NOT fit to be our Commander-in-Chief.

(via DrudgeReport)

Click here to watch the excerpt of today’s Senate testimony.

Sen. John Warner (R-VA): “Can you now, just in simple language, tell us, ‘yes, it is worth it’ and ‘it is making us safer here at home’?“

Gen. David Petraeus: “Senator, I do believe it is worth it … I took on the task, the privilege, of command of Multinational Force-Iraq, because I do believe that it is worth it and I do believe the interests there are of enormous importance, again, to our country, not just to the people of Iraq and the people of that region and the world.”

Sen. Warner: “Mr. Ambassador, how do you answer? Is it providing greater security here at home?”

Ambassador Ryan Crocker: “Sir, I will try to answer that at two levels. First, in the little over a year that I have been in Iraq we have seen a significant degradation of al Qaeda's presence and its abilities. Al Qaeda is our mortal and strategic enemy. So, to the extent that al Qaeda’s capacities have been lessened in Iraq, and they have been significantly lessened, I do believe that makes America safer.”

(Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 4/8/08



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Sen. John Warner (R-VA): “Can you now, just in simple language, tell us, ‘yes, it is worth it’ and ‘it is making us safer here at home’?“

Gen. David Petraeus: “Senator, I do believe it is worth it … I took on the task, the privilege, of command of Multinational Force-Iraq, because I do believe that it is worth it and I do believe the interests there are of enormous importance, again, to our country, not just to the people of Iraq and the people of that region and the world.”

Sen. Warner: “Mr. Ambassador, how do you answer? Is it providing greater security here at home?”

Ambassador Ryan Crocker: “Sir, I will try to answer that at two levels. First, in the little over a year that I have been in Iraq we have seen a significant degradation of al Qaeda's presence and its abilities. Al Qaeda is our mortal and strategic enemy. So, to the extent that al Qaeda’s capacities have been lessened in Iraq, and they have been significantly lessened, I do believe that makes America safer.”

(Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 4/8/08

1 posted on 04/08/2008 11:43:53 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: kristinn
"Thank You General Petraeus."
Good sign, short and to the point.
2 posted on 04/08/2008 11:45:42 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: All
From Michelle Malkin's Site:

Lead Story

Petraeus on the Hill; Dems can’t control Code Pinkos; Idiot Sen. Levin calls Petraeus “Admiral;” Update: Petraeus recommends 45-day pause on troop reductions in July; Update: Aggressive Levin heckles Petraeus, allows outside heckler to pile on; Update: Sen. Lieberman lashes back at “See no progress” Democrats; Update: Another McCain Shia/Sunni flub?; Update: Petraeus slides added

By Michelle Malkin  •  April 8, 2008 08:10 AM

Scroll down for updates/liveblogging of hearing…2:45pm Eastern. I’m adding some of the key slides Gen. Petraeus used in his testimony (thanks to Jack Holt). Click to enlarge:


3 posted on 04/09/2008 12:07:06 AM PDT by Syncro
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To: Syncro

saving


4 posted on 04/09/2008 2:49:48 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Syncro
Also, I got a call from Kristinn Taylor at FreeRepublic.com who brought a banner into the Senate chambers in D.C.

It read "Thank You General Petraeus."

Naturally, the Capitol police snatched his sign. And let the CodePinkos wave their anti-American banner that read "Bring the troops, home NOW!"

The Capitol polices' sole final role is to let drunken Kennedys drive,
and to let the Clinton mob remove just-cooling bodies.

5 posted on 04/09/2008 5:41:02 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Syncro
Predictably, Senator Obama is now grabbing the spotlight by demanding that Americans negotiate with the terrorist government of Iran. This man is NOT fit to be our Commander Dogcatcher-in-Chief.

There fixed it...

6 posted on 04/09/2008 8:15:09 AM PDT by Edgerunner (At the heart of every absurdity, lies a liberal lie)
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To: Syncro

From yesterday: http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2008/04/reporting-from-dc-inside-outside.html


7 posted on 04/09/2008 6:59:45 PM PDT by stratman1969 (This space for rent)
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