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There must have been times when Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker thought they were back in embattled Sadr City when they faced Democrats on Capitol Hill this week -- no Iraqi insurgents or al Sadr militiamen could have been more hostile. No wonder. The goals of the Democrats and both al Qaeda and al Sadr insurgents are the same: the defeat of the United States in the war in Iraq. There must have been times when Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker thought they were back in embattled Sadr City when they faced Democrats on Capitol Hill...

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and leaders of veterans groups held a stakeout this morning following President Bush’s speech on Iraq. Below are the Speaker’s opening remarks: “I want to join Leader Reid in welcoming our special guests today, our friends from the veterans’ community, Bobby Muller, whom we've all worked with over the years, whether it's eliminating land mines and speaking out for veterans. “Thank you, Bobby, for your leadership. Jon Soltz, who has been very courageous in his statements of shining the light on troops on what is happening in Iraq. We're...

Many in America want the Iraq war to end now and believe if we "leave Iraq to the Iraqis," the Islamic extremists will leave us alone. That position recklessly ignores how America's decade-long refusal to deal more decisively with Islamic terrorism led to 9/11 and all that followed, and how every time America flinches in the face of Islamic aggression, the terrorists see it as a weakness to be exploited. In this environment, Gen. David Petraeus must have expected he would be criticized for recommending the suspension of further U.S. troop withdrawals in the face of the recent flare-up of...

US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) listens to US Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testify about the state of the war in Iraq before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington April 8, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES) Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speak before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (C) speaks with Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus...

"Democrats again impotent to rein in Iraq war funds …""US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi(L) with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(R) on Capitol Hill 18 December 2007. Democrats failed again this week in their efforts to influence Iraq war policy, showing themselves incapable of carrying out the mandate of voters who gave them a majority in Congress one year ago. "

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote as early as Friday on legislation that would pay $50 billion for the war in Iraq but require that President Bush start bringing troops home.

I had a dream . . . where the most vicious and seditious demoralizers of the American troops in Iraq were temporarily impounded and maybe even sent off to prison ships (like those garbage barges off the shore of New York city) for the duration of the war. They, of course, would be accommodated with better creature comforts than were afforded by Abraham Lincoln to the incorrigible Democrats that he arrested during the Civil War - 13,000 Copperhead Democrats. Yes, floating club Gitmos with Par 2 Putt Putt mini golf courses, even. No one would miss Al Franken or Michael...