U.S. Not Winning War in Iraq, Bush Says for 1st Time

Washington Post by Peter Baker | Dec. 20, 2006 (News Report)
President Plans to Expand Army, Marine Corps To Cope With Strain of Multiple Deployments

President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and said he plans to expand the overall size of the "stressed" U.S. armed forces to meet the challenges of a long-term global struggle against terrorists.

As he searches for a new strategy for Iraq, Bush has now adopted the formula advanced by his top military adviser to describe the situation. "We're not winning, we're not losing," Bush ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Bush Administration, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Krista Bradford - Dec 20, 2006 - 7:27 AM PST
Reviewed by: Krista Bradford (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Terri Adams (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Dec 20, 2006 - 10:50 AM PST

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Informative, but fails to include the perspective of those who are opposed to increasing the size of the US military.

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Krista Bradford
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 by Krista Bradford - Oct. 1, 2008

Important story, though my initial reaction to the piece's initial focus on semantics on whether we're winning or losing was annoyance. Why emphasize that compared to the actual plans to increase size of troops and its costs (increased casualties, 100 billion US dollars, etc.) However, on second thought, linguistic framing is important. Note the prior scuffle regarding calling the situation in Iraq a "civil war".

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