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Article: Bush Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq; In White House Deliberations on War, Gen. Petraeus Has a Privileged Voice
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- The Washington Post
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- April 6, 2008
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For months, a debate raged at the top levels of the Bush
administration over how quickly to reduce the number of U.S. troops
in Iraq. But the discussion shut down soon after President Bush flew
to Camp Arifjan, a dusty Army base near the Iraqi border in Kuwait,
in January for a face-to-face meeting with the man whose counsel on
the war he values most: Gen. David H. Petraeus.
During an 80-minute session, the president questioned his top
commander in Iraq on whether further troop reductions, beyond those
planned through July, would compromise security gains. According to
officials familiar with the exchange, Petraeus said he wanted to
wait until the summer to evaluate conditions -- and Bush ...
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