Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 75 troop withdrawals 72 troop levels 69 troop withdrawal 68 troop buildup 64 drawdown 63 troop surge 58 combat brigades 58 Petraeus 56 Gen. Petraeus 54 troop 53 Abizaid 53 Odierno 51 troop deployment 51 Rumsfeld 50 troops 49 pullout 48 McChrystal 48 commanders 48 Gen. Ray Odierno 47 David Petraeus 47 Iraq 46 redeployment 46 Robert Gates 45 Khalilzad 45 Afghanistan 44 counterinsurgency strategy 44 withdrawal 44 General Stanley McChrystal 43 John Abizaid 43 al Maliki 43 Donald H. Rumsfeld 42 Pentagon 42 prisoner abuse 42 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 42 Ryan Crocker 42 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 42 western Anbar province 42 redeploying 42 brigades 42 sectarian violence 41 Brahimi 41 counterinsurgency 41 adviser Stephen Hadley 40 Defense Secretary 40 David McKiernan 40 sectarian killings 40 Maliki 39 Al Maliki 39 timetable 39 Donald Rumsfeld 39 Gen. Tommy Franks 39 democratic reforms 39 Defense Donald Rumsfeld 39 State Condoleezza Rice 39 spokesman Ari Fleischer 39 Johndroe 39 cease fire 39 Shinseki 39 Bush 39 Tony Snow 38 counter insurgency 38 Gen. Mark Kimmitt 38 Geren 38 military tribunals 38 Iraqis 38 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 38 Senate Armed 38 Anbar 38 adviser Condoleezza Rice 38 withdrawals 38 reinforcements 38 Zebari 38 Gaza pullout 38 Taliban strongholds 38 offensives 38 Lugar 38 al Sadr 37 Perino 37 deployments 37 Anbar province 37 Eikenberry 37 resurgent Taliban 37 buildup 37 John Negroponte 37 pullback 37 Palestinian statehood 37 Paul Bremer 37 insurgency 37 confirmation hearings 37 Karzai 36 Prime Minister Nouri al 36 NATO 36 Zalmay Khalilzad 36 withdrawing 36 peacekeeping force 36 courts martial 36 deportations 36 insurgent 36 lame duck session 36 disarmament 36 Al Sistani