General David Petraeus

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• Venezuelas Chavez threatens to kick out carmakers

  
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  Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez has told car companies they must share their technology with local businesses or leave the country. Mr Chavez gave the ultimatum to Toyota, Ford, General Motors and Fiat during a public address. If the demand isnt met, he said: "I invite you to pack up your ... Daily Pundit found ...
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• General Backs Off on Threat to Court Martial Pregnant Soldiers

  
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  An Army general in Iraq backed away from his threat today to court martial female soldiers who get pregnant . "I see absolutely no circumstance where I would punish a female soldier by court martial for a violation ... none," Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III wrote to ABC News in an exclusive ... Democratic Underground ...
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• General defends court martial for pregnant soldiers

  
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  A US Army general in northern Iraq has defended his decision to add pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could face court martial. It is current army policy to send pregnant soldiers home, but Maj Gen Anthony Cucolo told the BBC he was losing people with critical skills. ... Neptunus Lex ...
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• Grayson wants to send critic to jail for five years

  
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  WASHINGTON — Not everyone thinks imitation is the best form of flattery. In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who ... JammieWearingFool ...
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• Orlando Sentinel

  
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  WASHINGTON — Not everyone thinks imitation is the best form of flattery. In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who ... JammieWearingFool ...
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• Grayson threatens to imprison critic

  
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  File this story under the pot calling the kettle black. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), prone for throwing his own political bombs at Republicans, has threatened a local critic with five years in jail for creating the website “mycongressmanisnuts.com,” The Orlando Sentinel reports ... Instapundit found this 7 ...
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• Pennsylvania (PA) Poll * December 17, 2009 * Corbett Has Early Lead In Penn - Quinnipiac University – Hamden, Connecticut

  
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  "Fifty percent of Pennsylvania voters dont know enough about Attorney General Tom Corbett to form an opinion. For all the other candidates, the dont know enough number ranges from 72 to 88 percent," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "That ... Politics Daily found ...
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• Afghan war successful : Gen.Petraeus

  
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  WASHINGTON — US regional military commander General David Petraeus on Wednesday called Washington’s fight against terrorism in Afghanistan “successful,” even if Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has not been captured.“There has always been a significant focus of resources to...
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• John Stanton: US Army Human Terrain System Giving Birth?

  
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  This is John Stanton’s 21st article on the Human Terrain System, with his previous ones available here at:  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 ,  7 ,  8 ,  9 ,  10 ,  11 ,  12 ,  13 ,  14 ,  15 ,  16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , and 20 . John sent this article a few days ago, my apologies for being late. It ...
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• Zardari rebuffs Obama’s call for more action against militants

  
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  Washington, Dec.16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has cold-shouldered President Barack Obama’s call for more action against the militants hiding inside the country’s lawless tribal region, and has instead asked the White House to speed up the military assistance to the Pakistani Army and more ...
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• New York State (NY) Poll * December 15, 2009 * Paterson Approval Up, But Dems - Quinnipiac University – Hamden, Connecticut

  
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  "Gov. Patersons new TV ads depict him as a probable 2010 candidate. But New Yorkers say 2-1 fuhgeddaboutit," Carroll added. "He still trails State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo almost 3-1 in a Democratic primary. With Mayor Rudolph Giuliani out as a possible Republican candidate - and only ... Taegan Goddards ...
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• US commander dismisses fears of Pakistan military coup

  
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  Islamabad, Dec 15 (DPA) US General David Petraeus dismissed fears that the Pakistani military might stage a coup amid brewing political turmoil, media reports said Tuesday.“Whenever we have talked to them, they say they are committed to the democratically elected civilian government,” Petraeus was cited as saying ...
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• No threat to Zardari, govt from Pak Army : Petraeus

  
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  Islamabad, Dec. 15 (ANI): US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has said that he sees no threat either to the Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari or the current civilian government posed by the Army.Speaking to a few journalists at the residence of the US Ambassador Anne Patterson’s residence here, ...
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• Gen Petraeus to pressure Pak to ‘do more’ against Afghan Taliban

  
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  Lahore, Dec. 14 (ANI): US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus is aiming to pressure on Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership to do more against the Afghan Taliban operating inside Pakistani territory.“(To make) the really significant progress in Afghanistan that will be necessary over time… it ...
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• Afghanistan: Germany says no to sending more soldiers to help US

  
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  Germany has cast doubt on the value of sending extra troops to Afghanistan despite pleas from the US.
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• A correction

  
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  Lieutenant General Deptula responds : Greyhawk, the comments attributed to me on "Danger Room, 10 Dec 09, 3:04" and identified in your posting " Number Three " were not my comments, but rather those from folks in Georgetowns Security Studies Program. Noah left out some important points I ... Greyhawk posted 3 ...
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• Pak Army has failed to engage sanctuaries of Afghan Taliban: Petraues

  
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  Washington, Dec. 10 (ANI): While acknowledging that the Pakistan Army’s operation has “significantly degraded” the Taliban, US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has said that the Pakistani troops have, however, failed to take stern action against the terror sanctuaries of the Afghan Taliban ...
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• Afghanistan No Exit: The Beginning of the End… of the Beginning

  
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  Lets recap the Af-Pak withdrawal planned for eighteen months from now...
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• No plan for a U.S. Exit from Afghanistan for now

  
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  Washington, Dec.7 (ANI): The Obama administration has reportedly told American military forces to remain in Afghanistan for as long as required, and added that it is wrong to assume that an early exit is in the offing.The announcement was made to counter criticism that President Obama had sent the wrong signal in his ...
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• Petraeus: Surge Worked (and the President agrees)

  
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  On Fox News Sunday today, General David Petraeus , Commander of US Central Command, responded to a pointed question from journalist Chris Wallace with a surprising answer. To the question, “Did the President ever acknowledge that the surge in Iraq was successful?” Petraeus answered “He did, in fact”. ...
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