What you fail to mention is even with the small troop reduction Petraeus is talking about, we WILL NOT be below the original number of troops sent to Iraq. This information was not volunteered by Petraeus, it was extracted from him by a question from Rep Ike Skelton, Chairman of today's proceedings.
FOX will undoubtedly lead with this headline...and also not tell the entire story.
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