Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 82 troop buildup 66 Petraeus 63 troop withdrawal 60 Iraq 60 drawdown 58 troops 58 Afghanistan 57 troop 57 David Petraeus 56 McChrystal 56 counterinsurgency 54 counter insurgency 53 Odierno 53 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 53 Taliban insurgency 52 Anbar province 52 Anbar 51 insurgency 49 Rumsfeld 48 sectarian violence 47 war 47 Helmand 46 commanders 46 Ryan Crocker 46 Bush 45 Maliki 45 Pentagon 45 brigades 45 Iraqis 44 insurgents 44 reinforcements 44 offensives 44 Lugar 44 Khalilzad 44 al Maliki 43 Sunni insurgents 43 Marjah 43 pullout 43 Biden 43 Karzai 43 Diyala 43 Taliban 43 Afghan 42 redeployment 42 McCain 42 Al Maliki 42 Baghdad 42 Fallujah 42 Mahdi Army 42 George W 42 Muqtada al Sadr 42 Obama 42 Falluja 42 prisoner abuse 42 insurgent 42 President George W. 42 Murtha 42 peacekeeping force 42 Shiite militias 41 Robert Gates 41 President Hamid Karzai 41 Sadr 41 Nato 41 Iraqi 41 Helmand province 40 civilian casualties 40 Donald Rumsfeld 40 Afghans 40 NATO 40 peacekeeping mission 40 invasion 40 Prime Minister Nouri al 40 al Sadr 40 President Barack Obama 40 Kandahar province 40 Allawi 39 Zarqawi 39 Taleban 39 Senate Armed 39 Marines 39 stimulus package 39 Bayh 39 forces 39 Central Command 39 Mullen 39 midterm elections 39 Armed Services 39 Ramadi 39 Kandahar 39 Tal Afar 39 George W. Bush 39 immigration reform 39 surge 38 Kerry 38 combat 38 battalions 38 withdrawal 38 South Waziristan 38 missile strikes 38 Taliban fighters 38 Sadr City