General Petraeus Reports to Washington on the 'Surge'

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General David Patraeus' long-awaited testimony finally gets off to a very slow start, but the partisan wrangling had already begun. Today, he and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are  facing a joint committee of Congress; tomorrow they'll talk to the Senate.  We update their testimony and hear the reaction from across the political spectrum.  On Reporter's Notebook, Pakistan's former Prime Minister returns from exile only to be deported again.

General David Patraeus' long-awaited testimony finally gets off to a very slow start, but the partisan wrangling had already begun. Today, he and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are  facing a joint committee of Congress; tomorrow they'll talk to the Senate. We update their testimony and hear the reaction from across the political spectrum. On Reporter's Notebook, Pakistan's former Prime Minister re-enters the country is deported almost immediately.

US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus (L) and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker (R) confer before testifying to a joint US House Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee.
Photo: Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Vanessa Romo, Katie Cooper, Frances Anderton