General Petraeus Audio

[13:58]..." actually tell you what's going on its -- there -- So when general Petraeus testifies before congress shall we take everything he says with a grain of salt I think you have to -- I think Petraeus is interesting because if you actually look at what he's saying which doctors saying. He's yet a lot of caveats a lot of he's not he stepped away from this you know it's going great rhetoric by saying. Well it's going not so great but it is kind of going great and it's this is this semantic game that he's that he that he's playing I think what's. What was interesting about ambassador Crocker and general Petraeus testimony. Is that they can't tell you what winning in Iraq looks like. They can't tell you it leaving in Iraq looks "...

[13:24]..." and it would which would suggest one in my arm and a general Petraeus or something else but is that what the story says it was it some American whose. "...

[32:56]..." But how do you quantify going forward because after general Petraeus -- testimony last week. It sounds like if you think this is a fair characterization. That the next president will probably have "...

[34:53]..." haven and the opportunity to operate in Iraq. And and that's what general Petraeus was basically reporting about as as one of the positive development. "...

[20:48]..." in a minute we will play a clip from Barack Obama the Petraeus hearings yesterday that may be the most interesting thing that happened this there was. Thanks for listening to WNYC on demand please "...

[1:25]..." WNYC dot -- click on Brian Russia. Well as you know general David Petraeus and US ambassador Ryan Crocker. Are testifying again today before congressional committees. Yesterday's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing was -- usual for "...

[10:53]..." then by the way listeners we're gonna place -- clips from the David Petraeus. Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee right now on Iraq. But it job site called college grads -- come compiles an "...

[12:34]..." much Brian Lara WNYC coming up clips from this morning's testimony by David Petraeus. On the war in Iraq -- let us. Thanks for listening to WNYC on demand please check out our other programs at "...

[0:43]..." testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee right now. Along with general David Petraeus in this long scheduled update on the war in general in the troop surge in particular. This is coming just as things "...

[1:52]..." I think -- if you had to borrow adapt to think Petraeus -- began it has that I think things are better than they were he the -- its full strength in September but "...

[3:53]..." I think it was Ted Kennedy you. Managed to get at a Petraeus and perhaps it was -- very dark all an agreement that is the next administration to change abilities and predictable the change "...

[0:35]..." Brian -- busier -- and general David Petraeus and US send us your Ryan Crocker. Aren't testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee today about the war in Iraq. Three of the committee members happened to be Barack Obama Hillary Clinton and John McCain. This is just getting under way let's listen to about a minute and a half clip from Petraeus is opening statement. "...

[2:21]..." General David Petraeus minutes ago from his opening statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee. His long awaited report on the troops -- with me "...

[3:09]..." the simple narrative of the troop surge is working I think but Petraeus in that -- sounded pretty bullish. "...

[20:30]..." humble opinion coming up in a minute. We will check and the Petraeus hearings. In the Senate Armed Services Committee stimulus. "...

[8:53]..." I've known for a long period of time and that is that general Petraeus is correct when he says. That the central battleground again kind struggled against Al Qaeda is Iraq. "...

[17:08]..." or successful or not the context always had to be just as general Petraeus said before committee. Last fall there will be cannot be any military solution to Iraq that means. The surge was intended to "...