Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 82 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 74 Petraeus 63 David Petraeus 60 Rumsfeld 58 NATO 58 Karzai 57 Odierno 56 troop surge 56 troop buildup 56 Nato 56 McKiernan 55 commanders 55 Abizaid 54 Afghanistan 54 Kayani 53 Pentagon 53 President Hamid Karzai 53 Robert Gates 52 counterinsurgency 52 Afghan 51 Khalilzad 50 Marjah 49 Holbrooke 49 combat brigades 49 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 48 Mike Mullen 48 Defense Secretary 48 counter insurgency 47 ISAF 47 Bob Woodward 47 Hamid Karzai 47 Afghans 47 Donald Rumsfeld 47 Panetta 47 Helmand 46 Taliban 46 troop withdrawals 46 Mullah Omar 45 resurgent Taliban 45 Central Command 45 Commanders 45 Joint Chiefs 44 Senate Armed 44 Maliki 44 troop withdrawal 44 Donald H. Rumsfeld 44 Taliban insurgency 44 Gates 44 Security Assistance 44 troops 44 Musharraf 43 Obama 43 White House 43 de Hoop Scheffer 43 al Maliki 43 Colin Powell 43 Morrell 43 Kandahar 43 John Abizaid 43 prisoner abuse 43 Mullen 43 civilian casualties 42 generals 42 Eide 42 drawdown 42 President Barack Obama 42 Rolling Stone magazine 42 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 42 President Pervez Musharraf 42 Bagram 41 Taleban 41 Sen. Carl Levin 41 National Intelligence Estimate 41 troop 41 drone strikes 41 Brahimi 41 Richard Holbrooke 41 Tillman 41 Iraq 41 Alberto Gonzales 41 admiral 41 Wolfowitz 41 Taliban fighters 40 Kimmitt 40 Helmand Province 40 Kandahar province 40 Marine Corps 40 Mukasey 40 Rick Wagoner 40 Marines 40 Chiarelli 40 Nkunda 40 drone attacks 40 General Anders Fogh 40 Kabul 40 Geithner 40 Rolling Stone 39 Lt. Gen. 39 Robert Gibbs 39 Clapper 39 Gen.