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...Petraeus and Crocker have been the best soldier and the best diplomat to serve the U.S. in Iraq. But they see the situation from different perspectives, and their ideas about what to do next may differ as well. The Petraeus testimony seems obvious. He will emphasize the Sunni success, the tamping down of violence in Baghdad, the need for political reconciliation. He will ask for more time, acknowledging that the natural rotation schedule will leave him with fewer troops, a reduction from 20 to 15 combat brigades over the next year. Bush may try to hold his Republicans in place...
...Indeed, it soon became clear that the achievement of the meeting was to prove the two men could differ without undermining bilateral relations. "Do we agree on everything? No," Sarkozy told the press contingent outside the Bush estate Saturday. "Even within families there are disagreements, but we are still the same family." Concurred Bush: "We have had disagreements, on Iraq in particular. But I've never allowed disagreements to not find other ways to work together...
...Long Goodbye Although Michael Duffy's thoughts on "How to Walk Away" from Iraq made sense, I beg to differ with him on the timing and pace of withdrawing troops [July 30]. While it is crucial that they leave in an orderly fashion, the sooner they depart, the better. A U.N. task force should be assigned to guard Iraq's borders and prevent a regional conflict. Iraq's neighbors and the world powers should launch an intensive diplomatic effort to help the Iraqis sort out their disagreements. They are best qualified to construct the democratic unified nation they aspire...
...Brad was a wonderful academic adviser,” Viswanathan wrote. “I think that, because he was a Resident Dean, he understood fully the manner in which academic requirements differ across departments, and so he was always reassuring in his advice for what kinds of courses to take, given that none of his advisees was set on a concentration...
...Monday, Chavez acknowledged that his government wants to ideologize Venezuelan society in order to phase out an "imperialist" way of thinking imposed in the past. "They accuse us of ideologizing and I say yes, of course," Chavez said on Monday. "Who has said the contrary?" The time to differ with Chavez is over for foreign visitors and may soon be up for his domestic opponents as well...