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• CNN's Phillips to Iraq Commander Odierno: Is Your Job Career Suicide?

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:28 pm

  Tags: Foreign Policy, Iraq, Military, Kyra Phillips, Raymond Odierno

  was interviewing Lt. General Raymond Odierno, the MNF second-in-command in Iraq. CNN Anchor Kyra Phillips: You know there's been a lot of shifting around in positions, a lot of positions lost, key positions. Do you think that this job that you've taken on could be career suicide? LT. GEN. RAYMOND ODIERNO: Oh, I don't worry about that. All I

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• General Says 5 Iranians Should Stay In Custody

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: General, Says, Iranians, Should, Stay, Custody, Iraq, United States, Iran, Jalal Talabani, Raymond Odierno, Arbil, Baghdad, Tehran, The White House, The Washington Post Company, Ryan Crocker, The Pentagon, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran S Liaison Office, U S De

  Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the top commander of day-to-day operations in Iraq, said he will recommend that five Iranians captured by U.S. forces in January not be released when their case is reviewed this month, a move that could further increase tensions between Washington and Tehran.

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• Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Al Qaeda, Iraq, Reported, Crippled, Al Qaeda In Iraq, United States, Baghdad, The White House, Raymond Odierno, Al Qaeda, U S Armed Forces, Anbar Province, David Petraeus, William Fallon, U S Central Command, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Middle East, Nouri Al Maliki, Osama Bin

  The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group, which the Bush administration has long described as the most lethal U.S. adversary in Iraq.

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• Turkey Intensifies Border Operations

  Published: October 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Turkey, Intensifies, Border, Operations, Iraq, Kurdistan Workers Party, United States, Condoleezza Rice, The Associated Press, Baghdad, Abdul Rahman Al Chaderchi, Cairo, Dahuk, Dana Perino, Diyarbakir, Iran, Naseer Nouri, Raymond Odierno, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The White Hou

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- Turkey has ramped up military operations along its southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.

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• In Iraq, a Lull or Hopeful Trend?

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Lull, Hopeful, Trend, Baghdad, United States, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Al Qaeda, Diyala Province, Amiriyah, Raymond Odierno, Najaf, Psa Peugeot Citroen Sa, The Washington Post Company, Abdul Amir, Amit R Paley, Ann Scott Tyson, Basim Hamdi, Bas

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 -- From store clerks selling cigarettes by generator power, to military commanders poring over aerial maps, Iraqis and Americans are striving to understand the sharp decrease in violence over the past several months and what it might herald for the future of Iraq.

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• In Iraq, a Lull or Hopeful Trend?

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Lull, Hopeful, Trend, Baghdad, United States, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Al Qaeda, Diyala Province, Amiriyah, Raymond Odierno, Najaf, Psa Peugeot Citroen Sa, The Washington Post Company, Abdul Amir, Amit R Paley, Ann Scott Tyson, Basim Hamdi, Bas

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 -- From store clerks selling cigarettes by generator power, to military commanders poring over aerial maps, Iraqis and Americans are striving to understand the sharp decrease in violence over the past several months and what it might herald for the future of Iraq.

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• U.S. Sees Decline In Bombs In Iraq

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Sees, Decline, Bombs, Iraq, Robert Gates, Iran, United States, George W Bush, Raymond Odierno, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Europe, Gordon Johndroe, Michael G Mullen, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Western Europe, Russia, U S Armed Forces, U S Joint Chiefs Of Staff, White House

  Iran may be curtailing the flow into Iraq of lethal armor-piercing projectiles that have become a major killer of U.S. troops, although more time is needed to confirm the trend, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and senior military officials said yesterday.

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• Iraqis Wasting An Opportunity, U.S. Officers Say

  Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraqis, Wasting, Opportunity, U S, Officers, Say, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, United States, Baghdad, Michael Barbero, Raymond Odierno, Ryan Crocker, 1st Cavalry Division, Al Qaeda, Abboud Gambar, Abu Aardvark, Baghdad Green Zone, Basra, Douglas Ollivant, George W Bush, John F

  CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq -- Senior military commanders here now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite-dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq, rather than al-Qaeda terrorists, Sunni insurgents or Iranian-backed militias.

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• U.S. Plans to Form Job Corps For Iraqi Security Volunteers

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Plans, Form, Job, Corps, For, Iraqi, Security, Volunteers, Nouri Al Maliki, United States, Baghdad, Iraq, Stanton, David Petraeus, Anbar Province, George W Bush, Raymond Odierno, U S Armed Forces, United States Agency For International Development, Tariq Al Hashimi

  BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military plans to establish a civilian jobs corps to absorb tens of thousands of mostly Sunni security volunteers whom Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has balked at hiring into local police forces.

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• Hands-On General Is Next No. 2 in Iraq

  Published: January 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hands On, General, Next, Iraq, Austin Texas, United States, Baghdad, Afghanistan, Raymond Odierno, West Point, 3rd Infantry Division, Kevlar, Konar Province, North Carolina, Ben Hodges, Bill Weber, Central Asia, David Petraeus, Dorian Anderson, Fayetteville, Fort

  Most U.S. Army generals wear pistols on the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, a decorated paratrooper who next month takes over as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, packs an M4 rifle.

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• Bush Nominates Petraeus To Lead Central Command

  Published: April 24, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Nominates, Petraeus, Lead, Central, Command, David Petraeus, Iraq, Raymond Odierno, Robert Gates, United States, Afghanistan, Iran, U S Central Command, U S Armed Forces, Baghdad, Edward M Kennedy, George W Bush, Jack Keane, John Mccain, Michael E O Hanlon, Nathan P

  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and the public face of the war effort there, became President Bush's nominee yesterday to supervise U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia as head of Central Command, putting him in position to oversee American...

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• Bush Nominates Petraeus To Lead Central Command

  Published: April 24, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Nominates, Petraeus, Lead, Central, Command, David Petraeus, Iraq, Raymond Odierno, Robert Gates, United States, Afghanistan, Iran, U S Central Command, U S Armed Forces, Baghdad, Edward M Kennedy, George W Bush, Jack Keane, John Mccain, Michael E O Hanlon, Nathan P

  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and the public face of the war effort there, became President Bush's nominee yesterday to supervise U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia as head of Central Command, putting him in position to oversee American...

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• Petraeus: Diplomacy, Not Force, With Iran

  Published: May 22, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Petraeus, Diplomacy, Not, Force, With, Iran, David Petraeus, United States, Iraq, George W Bush, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Raymond Odierno, Robert Gates, Tampa, William Fallon, Al Qaeda, Central Asia, Middle East, Nato, The Taliban, The Washington Post Company, U S Central Comman

  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, President Bush's nominee to lead U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, supports continued U.S. engagement with international and regional partners to find the right mix of diplomatic, economic and military leverage to address the challenges posed by Iran.

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• Petraeus Expects to Recommend Troop Cuts in Iraq This Fall

  Published: May 23, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Petraeus, Expects, Recommend, Troop, Cuts, Iraq, This, Fall, David Petraeus, United States, Afghanistan, George W Bush, Raymond Odierno, John Mccain, Robert Gates, Iran, Pakistan, U S Armed Forces, U S Central Command, Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, Carl Levin, Dan Eggen, Hillary

  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said that he expects to recommend additional cuts in U.S. troop levels there this fall. Petraeus said he would assess conditions before his departure in September, when he is scheduled to take over the U.S. Central Command.

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• Petraeus Expects to Recommend Troop Cuts in Iraq This Fall

  Published: May 23, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Petraeus, Expects, Recommend, Troop, Cuts, Iraq, This, Fall, David Petraeus, United States, Afghanistan, George W Bush, Raymond Odierno, John Mccain, Robert Gates, Iran, Pakistan, U S Armed Forces, U S Central Command, Fort Bragg, Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, Carl Levin, Dan Eg

  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said he expects to recommend additional cuts in U.S. troop levels there this fall. Petraeus said he would assess conditions before his departure in September, when he is scheduled to take over the U.S. Central Command.

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