General won't promise more Iraq pullouts (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 04/08/2008 - 7:30pm

Gen.<br /><br />David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the status of the war in Iraq.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress Tuesday that hard-won gains in the war zone are too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond this summer, holding his ground against impatient Democrats and refusing to commit to more withdrawals before President Bush leaves office in January.




 

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