Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 Anthony Cordesman 52 Rumsfeld 52 Cordesman 50 counterinsurgency 50 Iraq 49 Odierno 49 Donald Rumsfeld 49 troop buildup 49 Abizaid 48 William Kristol 47 Gen. Petraeus 47 Petraeus 46 troop surge 46 troop levels 46 troop drawdown 46 Loren Thompson 45 Feith 45 troop withdrawal 44 Korb 44 Gen. McChrystal 43 Perle 43 Brent Scowcroft 43 Pentagon 43 Nagl 43 Zalmay Khalilzad 43 McChrystal 43 troop reductions 42 troop withdrawals 42 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 42 Iraqis 42 Schoomaker 42 Bill Kristol 42 Shi'ite militias 42 Abu Ghraib 41 Donald H. Rumsfeld 41 neoconservative 41 QDR 41 Afghanistan 41 counterinsurgency strategy 41 Bruce Riedel 41 counter insurgency 41 Shia militias 41 Murtha 41 neoconservatives 40 Brookings Institution 40 Murtha D 40 militarily 40 Khalilzad 40 Zinni 40 Di Rita 40 Richard Perle 40 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 40 Sejong Institute 40 neocon 40 Charles Krauthammer 40 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 40 Zebari 40 prisoner abuse 39 Haass 39 Lugar 39 Brookings Institute 39 Fareed Zakaria 39 Brahimi 39 Douglas Feith 39 neocons 39 Glenn Greenwald 39 Robert Gates 39 Dana Milbank 39 troop pullout 39 Zbigniew Brzezinski 39 Richard Armitage 39 Elliott Abrams 39 Kristol 39 neo conservatives 39 Larry Sabato 39 combat brigades 38 Iraqi 38 John Abizaid 38 Bolten 38 Chalabi 38 Sen. Chuck Hagel 38 Barno 38 Hertling 38 Bushies 38 Strategic Studies 38 National Intelligence Estimate 38 Rubaie 38 Podhoretz 38 Af Pak 38 Karl Rove 38 Admiral Mullen 38 Maliki 38 EJ Dionne 37 troops 37 Ryan Crocker 37 Anbar Province 37 David Petraeus 37 Howard Kurtz 37 al Maliki 37 Brzezinski 37 Rep. Ike Skelton