General Petraeus Talks About Educating Soldiers

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

General David Petraeus says before Congress that it is important for soldiers to have an expanded understanding of Afghanistan, so that the army can function better as a whole. (01:18)
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Saddam Hussein planned on insurgency

Former Army Vice Chief of Staff Jack Keane says that Saddam Hussein planned an insurgency long before the invasion of Iraq. (0:29)
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Army is to blame for electrocutions, says KBR employee

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) asks Tom Bruni, theater engineering and construction manager for Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR), a contracting company in Iraq, who is responsible for the negligence that lead to the electrocutions of soldiers in Iraq. (2:06)


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Finding the truth is non-partisan, says Waxman

Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) discusses the effects of the electrical problems in Iraq and notes that finding the truth to the problem is not a Republican or Democratic aim, but an aim to find the truth.(1:05)
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Major General Cone says Afghanistan future 'very optimistic'

Major General Robert W. Cone says that he is 'very optimistic' about the future of Afghanistan's security. Cone says he believes that Afghans serving in the army and police are patriots and committed to the defense and security of their nation. Cone says he is excited to see the new capabilities the Afghan forces are demonstrating. (0:32)
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Contracting in Iraq is like the "wild wild west"

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) talks about how contractors hoard large amounts of cash. Sen. Dorgan says the saw a photograph of contractors standing in front a pile of $2 million.
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Iraq contractor lacks supplies and professionalism

Jeffrey Bliss, former electrician for Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) in Iraq, reveals the general incompetence of the contractor to the Senate.
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Mother of dead soldier testifies to Senate

Cheryl Harris, whose son was electrocuted in Iraq because faulty wiring, talks about her son's tragedy and how contractors should be held accountable. (1:20)
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Stop-loss has proven necessary

During a press conference at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that despite his concerns about stop-loss, a retention technique where military members who are scheduled to retire or discharge are not allowed to do so, it has proven necessary in the current conflicts. He says that he expects with continued draw downs in Iraq, that the number of stop-loss cases will be reduced. (0:58)
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Defense Deparment drawing on payroll accounts to fund the war

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says that unless Congress acts to pass the $108 billion FY2008 global war on terror supplemental legislations the Army payroll account will run out and soldiers could go without pay. (0:20)
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Army modernization statement

Army modernization testimony speaking about support for new and necessary modernization programs for the U.S. Army (0:36)
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General disappointed at the quality of the U.S. soldiers

Retired General Barry R. McCaffrey discusses the quality of the U.S. army and its soldiers that serve in Iraq.
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General George Casey, Chief of Staff for the Army, gives a grim outlook for future of conflict

Gen. Casey, testifying at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Casey says that he sees the next few years as full of "constant conflict," and names some of the contributing factors. (0:56)
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Secretary of the Army, Pete Geren, says the Army is stretched, but not hollow

Sec. Geren, testifiying at the House Armed Services Committee hearing, says that the Army is tretched from six years of war, but it is not the "hollow force" of the 1970s. (0:31)
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