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Denis McDonough, Obama's New Deputy National Security Adviser: 5 Key Facts

(Oct. 22) -- President Barack Obama announced today that he has appointed Denis McDonough as the next deputy national security adviser. McDonough will report to Tom Donilon, who takes over from outgoing the national security adviser, retired Gen. James Jones. Surge Desk has compiled the following facts about McDonough,...

Last US Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq: Instant Reactions

(Aug. 18) -- They're coming home -- early. On Wednesday evening in America, the Web lit up with the news that the final designated combat brigade, made up of some 4,000 U.S. soldiers, was leaving Iraq two weeks ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline set by President Obama. The historic moment, as MSNBC noted, effectively "......

Robert Gates to Retire in 2011: Three Dilemmas He Leaves Behind

(Aug. 16) -- Robert Gates, the U.S. defense secretary since 2006 and a key player in shaping the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hopes to retire from his post sometime in 2011. That's the most immediately attention-grabbing detail revealed over at Foreign Policy, in a profile that recounts Gates' unlikely decision to stay...

President Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Speech: 'Mission Accomplished 2'?

(Aug. 2) -- Talk about a tough crowd. Hours before President Barack Obama was set to give a speech proudly announcing the withdrawal of "all combat troops in Iraq" by the end of August, commentators around the Web had already thoroughly chastised him for his pre-released remarks. Though the text of the president's speech...

At Loggerheads: Karzai and the White House

(April 6) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today pointedly avoided calling Hamid Karzai an ally of the United States and suggested that his invitation to Washington on May 12 will depend on "whatever continued or further remarks President Karzai makes." That warning is the latest evidence of a deepening rift between...

Troop surge News From the Web

06/17/11 Afghan: Pentagon wants US to maintain troop surge Source: Zee News The US military is asking President Barack Obama to maintain the 33,000 troop surge force in Afghanistan until the fall of 2012 to keep a large portion of the extra personnel in the country through the next two heavy fighting seasons, a media report today said.

Background on Troop surge

In the context of the Iraq War, the surge refers to United States President George W. Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province.

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