Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 87 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 80 McChrystal 63 David Petraeus 63 Petraeus 56 troop surge 54 President Hamid Karzai 53 Robert Gates 53 Karzai 51 Mike Mullen 51 troop buildup 51 commanders 50 Hamid Karzai 50 Afghanistan 50 Kayani 50 resurgent Taliban 50 Marjah 48 Rumsfeld 48 Afghan 47 NATO 47 Taliban insurgency 47 President Barack Obama 47 Abizaid 47 John Abizaid 47 Nato 45 Donald Rumsfeld 45 President Pervez Musharraf 45 Taliban 45 counterinsurgency 45 Adm. Mike 45 Rick Wagoner 45 Helmand 44 counter insurgency 44 troop withdrawals 44 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 44 Pentagon 44 McKiernan 44 combat brigades 43 Mullah Omar 43 Julian Assange 43 Joint Chiefs 43 Odierno 43 Rolling Stone magazine 42 Taleban 42 Holbrooke 42 Leon Panetta 42 Mehsud 42 troop withdrawal 42 troops 42 Richard Holbrooke 41 Khalilzad 41 Musharraf 41 General Anders Fogh 41 staff Rahm Emanuel 41 Commanders 41 drawdown 40 Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama 40 drone strikes 40 Bob Woodward 40 Baitullah Mehsud 40 Pervez Musharraf 40 WikiLeaks founder 40 Rahm Emanuel 40 Donald H. Rumsfeld 40 Larry Summers 40 Central Command 40 generals 39 Defense Secretary 39 Claudio Ranieri 39 Afghans 39 prisoner abuse 39 South Waziristan 39 General Pervez Musharraf 39 Prince Harry 39 Prime Minister Yousuf Raza 39 Obama 39 Jose Mourinho 39 Gates 39 Gordon Brown 39 Ryan Crocker 39 Maliki 39 Kandahar 39 Security Assistance 38 Ben Bernanke 38 Taliban stronghold 38 White House 38 Taliban fighters 38 Carlo Ancelotti 38 Rafael Benitez 38 Helmand Province 38 Lawrence Summers 38 Zardari 38 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 38 Mullen 38 Prime Minister Taro Aso 38 KABUL 38 President Alvaro Uribe 38 Alberto Gonzales 38 diplomatic cables 38 President Felipe Calderon 38 drone attacks 38 Rafa Benitez