Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 75 General Stanley McChrystal 73 McChrystal 73 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 63 Gen. McChrystal 60 Petraeus 59 David Petraeus 58 David McKiernan 56 Gen. Petraeus 52 troop surge 50 Rumsfeld 50 troop buildup 49 Sir Richard Dannatt 48 General Tommy Franks 48 H. Petraeus 48 James Mattis 47 Abizaid 47 Donald Rumsfeld 47 Shinseki 47 Afghanistan 46 commanders 46 John Abizaid 45 Peter Chiarelli 45 counterinsurgency strategy 45 troop levels 45 Dan Halutz 45 Robert Gates 45 troop drawdown 45 Admiral Mullen 45 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 44 counterinsurgency 44 Gen. Ray Odierno 44 Eikenberry 44 General Kayani 43 McKiernan 43 Natynczyk 43 Adm. William 43 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 43 commander 42 Hamid Karzai 42 counter insurgency 42 President Hamid Karzai 42 NATO 42 Odierno 42 Karzai 42 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 42 Gen. Tommy Franks 42 General Ashfaq Kayani 42 combat brigades 42 COIN 42 Schoomaker 42 drawdown 42 Zinni 42 Afghan 42 Donald H. Rumsfeld 41 Kayani 41 Mattis 41 troop withdrawals 41 generals 41 Panetta 41 Halutz 41 Defense Secretary 41 Nato 41 Army Lt. Gen. 41 Porter Goss 41 troop reductions 41 Mike Mullen 41 Supreme Allied 41 Bob Woodward 40 Leon Panetta 40 Jay Garner 40 Abu Ghraib prisoner 40 Alberto Gonzales 40 troops 40 Ambassador Karl Eikenberry 40 Mullah Omar 40 Gen. Douglas MacArthur 40 admiral 40 Taliban insurgency 40 Lt. Gen 40 Lt. Gen. 39 CENTCOM 39 Joshua Bolten 39 Colin Powell 39 Fritz Henderson 39 Gen. 39 troop withdrawal 39 resurgent Taliban 39 combatant commanders 39 Central Command 39 Rummy 39 supreme commander 39 Pentagon 39 Iraq 39 Carter Ham 38 Afghans 38 Kiyani 38 Wesley Clark 38 Norton Schwartz 38 Doctrine Command 38 Gen. Rick Hillier 38 Larry Summers