Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 74 Petraeus 67 Gen. Petraeus 63 McChrystal 61 Abizaid 61 troop surge 61 Odierno 60 Rumsfeld 58 David Petraeus 58 Admiral Mullen 56 troop levels 56 Gen. McChrystal 55 Ambassador Crocker 54 Schoomaker 53 Stanley McChrystal 53 General Tommy Franks 53 troop buildup 53 Iraq 53 Zinni 53 troop drawdown 52 precipitous withdrawal 52 troop reductions 52 Barno 52 General Stanley McChrystal 51 H. Petraeus 51 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 51 troop withdrawals 51 Khalilzad 50 Cordesman 50 Afghanistan 49 troop withdrawal 49 Mattis 49 Af Pak 49 Pentagon 48 commanders 48 counterinsurgency 48 troop 48 John Abizaid 48 General Kayani 47 Zarqawi 47 Zalmay Khalilzad 47 Donald Rumsfeld 47 Blackwill 47 Natynczyk 47 Michael O'Hanlon 47 Colin Powell 47 Maliki 47 Taguba 47 Gen. Tommy Franks 46 al Maliki 46 CENTCOM 46 Allawi 46 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 46 GWOT 46 Barry McCaffrey 46 troops 46 Centcom 45 Eikenberry 45 Lute 45 McCLELLAN Well 45 Spencer Ackerman 45 Kayani 45 counter insurgency 45 Musharraf 45 Paul Bremer 44 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 44 counterinsurgency strategy 44 Nouri al Maliki 44 Lugar 44 Robert Gates 44 Al Maliki 44 Fallouja 44 troop pullout 44 Karzai 44 Gen. Ray Odierno 44 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 44 Renuart 44 Rubaie 43 Biden 43 Donald H. Rumsfeld 43 Iraqis 43 Gen. 43 Brent Scowcroft 43 Sir Richard Dannatt 43 Shinseki 43 Bush 43 bin Laden 43 Ayatollah Sistani 43 Franks 43 Kimmitt 43 Feith 43 Chalabi 43 Bob Woodward 43 Stavridis 43 STEPHANOPOULOS 43 Holbrooke 43 FLEISCHER 43 Decider 43 Chiarelli 42 Boehner 42 JIM LEHRER 42 drawdown