Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 68 Petreaus 67 David Petraeus 67 Petraeus 63 Gen. Petraeus 61 Gen Petraeus 61 Stanley McChrystal 58 John Abizaid 58 Abizaid 58 Douglas Lute 56 Tommy Franks 55 McChrystal 55 Karl Eikenberry 54 H. Petraeus 54 Scott Gration 54 General Stanley McChrystal 53 Gen McChrystal 53 troop surge 53 Raymond Odierno 53 Peter Schoomaker 52 David McKiernan 52 Eric Shinseki 52 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 52 Sir Richard Dannatt 52 Ray Odierno 51 Gen. McChrystal 51 Admiral Mullen 51 P. Abizaid 51 Gen. Tommy Franks 50 Odierno 50 General Ray Odierno 50 troop buildup 50 Robert Gates 49 troop escalation 49 Mark Hertling 49 Rumsfeld 49 Admiral Fallon 49 Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno 49 General Tommy Franks 48 James Mattis 48 Schoomaker 48 Peter Chiarelli 47 precipitous withdrawal 47 Iraq 47 Gen. Hillier 47 First Cavalry Division 47 T. Odierno 47 D. McKiernan 47 Natynczyk 47 Zinni 47 troop levels 47 Ambassador Khalilzad 47 General Kayani 47 Kevin Bergner 46 Barry McCaffrey 46 Jay Garner 46 James Dubik 46 Gen. Kayani 46 troop drawdown 46 gradual drawdown 46 Zalmay Khalilzad 46 Eric K. Shinseki 46 Marine Corps commandant 46 Abdul Rahim Wardak 46 Gen. Ray Odierno 46 Ambassador Crocker 46 Marine commandant 45 Transition Command 45 Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli 45 Shinseki 45 Gen. Eric Shinseki 45 Marine Corps Commandant Gen. 45 Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal 45 Gen. Anthony Zinni 45 Mattis 45 Central Command 45 Wesley Clark 45 Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno 45 Carter Ham 45 troop reductions 45 Freakley 44 Congressman Murtha 44 Abu Hamza al Muhajer 44 Afghanistan 44 Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt 44 Donald Rumsfeld 44 Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry 44 Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon 44 counterinsurgency doctrine 44 David Barno 44 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 44 Bryan Whitman Pentagon 44 Khalilzad 44 WELNA 44 Colin Powell 44 Jim Garamone 44 Gen. Raymond Odierno 44 troop withdrawal timetable 44 William Kuebler 44 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 44 troop withdrawals 43 combat brigades