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...also accused Obama of twisting the words of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Rove said that Obama had made it seem as though McCain supported 100 years of war in Iraq when, in fact, the Arizona senator was only saying that he might support an American troop presence in Iraq for up to 100 years...
...Following the speech, Rove answered questions on subjects ranging from the term used to refer to the estate tax to the possibility of a U.S. troop presence in Iran...
...high-wire act, as the surge was just beginning to take effect. A year later, lawmakers are expected to acknowledge progress on the security front, but will demand to know what's next. Eager to preserve the fragile gains, Petraeus is expected to urge a pause in U.S. troop withdrawals after this summer, when overall American troop strength in Iraq will fall from 160,000 to about 140,000. Petraeus has said he is leery of jeopardizing the gains of the past year if the withdrawals continue beyond that...
...Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, which will serve as a troop carrier, saw a 55% increase over seven years...
...lighter now than it was two years ago," says a NATO official. "Then the whole thing appeared to hang by a thread." In the Latvian capital, tensions ran high over the inequitable commitments of NATO members to military operations in Afghanistan - what the countries with sizable troop deployments in dangerous areas refer to as "burden sharing." Those tensions remain, but a commitment by France to send up to 1,000 troops to eastern Afghanistan, made before this summit and confirmed on Thursday, has alleviated immediate concerns over a fracture in the Alliance. Canada has threatened to withdraw its forces from...