by Teddy Partridge [courtesy of Firedoglake]

96 GOP House members wrote The New York Times protesting the Op-Ed Page Editor's decision to reject John McCain's exhortation to victory in Iraq.

by Spencer Ackerman [courtesy of Firedoglake]

Few people alive know more about counterinsurgency that Dave Kilcullen, the former adviser to David Petraeus during the dawn of the surge and current adviser to Condoleezza Rice on COIN. (And the subject of a forthcoming profile by moi.) Given John McCain's current bout of surge/Awakening amnesia, it might be helpful to give a refresher of the timeline and facts behind the Awakening and the broader Sunni revolt against al-Qaeda.

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza writes a glowing review of Barack Obama's press availability with reporters in Jordan today, saying the event, like his trip...

by Matt Stoller [courtesy of Open Left - Front Page]

by Lionel Beehner [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Barack Obama is on a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is not alone. UN diplomats, as I write this, are on a fact-finding...

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

BAGHDAD — After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaida may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are running higher...

by Byron Dorgan [courtesy of Firedoglake]

Since December 2003, the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC), which I chair, has held seventeen oversight hearings to examine waste, fraud, and corruption in Iraq. Last Friday, I held a hearing to investigate contractor KBR’s tragic failure to correct faulty electrical work at U.S. military installations in Iraq, even after the United States Army issued a bulletin stating that improper wiring by contractors had resulted in the electrocution deaths of several soldiers.

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander...

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander...