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While widespread doubts in the Pentagon remain that the U.S. troop surge is going to work, one thing is clear: It is becoming increasingly costly in terms of American blood. As May comes to a close, the death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq measured over a two-month period has reached an all-time high. Military officials had predicted such a spike as General David Petraeus began to flow close to 30,000 more U.S. troops into greater Baghdad, stationing many in small outposts dotted across the region. Unfortunately, it's one prediction that the brass got right...
...effort to foster trust and glean tips on the insurgency. Rather, a pair of them died when their OH-58D Kiowa scout helicopter crashed 60 miles north of Baghdad - and six more were killed in roadside bombings as they rushed to the aid of the downed chopper crew. The Pentagon hasn't said whether the helicopter was hit by hostile fire, but the fact that rescuers rushing to help the pilots were ambushed suggests that insurgents downed the Kiowa in order to bait a trap for those rescuers...
...Progress, Pentagon officials say privately, needs to be significant and measurable when weighed against the blood now being shed by U.S. forces in Iraq. The Pentagon has confirmed the deaths of 3,454 American military personnel in Iraq, and the wounding of 25,549, since the invasion in March...
...Rumsfeld, who was Pentagon boss from 2001 to 2006 and oversaw the planning and execution of the Iraq war, is in the early stages of setting up an educational foundation that would provide fellowships to citizens who want to try their hand at public service...
...Earlier this month, former CIA director George Tenet published his memoir, which was highly critical of the way the Bush Administration, and particularly the Pentagon, managed the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. In his memoir, Tenet wrote that two decisions doomed the reconstruction of the country - the demobilization of the Iraqi Army and the de-Baathification of the Iraqi government, both of which were approved by Rumsfeld...