General David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testify before Congress about the situation in Iraq

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Ike Skelton D-Mo. greets Gen. David Petraeus before the start of the hearing. Army General David Petraeus the top commander of forces in Iraq left testifies with Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker about the war in Iraq during a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington September 10 2007. Petraeus offered his long-awaited assessment of the strategy in Iraq saying security was improving in the country. He said troop levels could be reduced to about 130 000 troops or 15 brigades by the summer of 2008.

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