Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 82 Petraeus 68 David Petraeus 67 Abizaid 66 McChrystal 65 Rumsfeld 64 troop surge 63 Odierno 62 Khalilzad 62 General Stanley McChrystal 60 John Abizaid 57 troop buildup 56 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 56 Holbrooke 55 Kayani 54 Ryan Crocker 54 commanders 53 Maliki 53 Afghanistan 53 Robert Gates 52 Iraq 52 al Maliki 52 Karzai 51 Eikenberry 51 Donald Rumsfeld 50 troop withdrawal 50 troop withdrawals 50 Richard Holbrooke 50 John Negroponte 50 Zebari 49 counter insurgency 49 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 49 Musharraf 49 Allawi 49 Gen Musharraf 49 counterinsurgency 49 Brahimi 49 troops 49 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 48 Jaafari 48 Negroponte 48 combat brigades 48 Pentagon 48 Chalabi 47 Mike Mullen 47 Nouri al Maliki 47 Al Maliki 47 Zardari 47 Iraqis 47 President Hamid Karzai 47 Zarqawi 46 troop 46 Colin Powell 46 Gates 46 Donald H. Rumsfeld 46 Helmand 46 drawdown 46 Sistani 46 McKiernan 46 Taliban insurgency 45 Lugar 45 Mullen 45 Defense Secretary 45 Afghan 45 Taliban 45 Central Command 45 Armed Services 45 Talabani 45 Mehdi Army 45 resurgent Taliban 45 National Intelligence Estimate 45 Nato 44 Kimmitt 44 President Pervez Musharraf 44 Geithner 44 Haqqani 44 Sadr 44 Kasuri 44 Mr Straw 44 sectarian violence 44 Richard Armitage 44 Paul Bremer 44 al Qa'ida 44 Mukasey 44 Chertoff 44 George W 44 Murtha 44 Nicholas Burns 44 Senate Armed 44 State Colin Powell 44 Wolfowitz 44 Hamid Karzai 44 Bremer 43 Zawahiri 43 al Sadr 43 Iraqi 43 al Jaafari 43 Taleban 43 Panetta 43 Gilani 43 Bush 43 NATO