Topic: Raymond Odierno

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Gen. David Petraeus told an admiring Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that the improving security situation in Iraq will likely allow him to recommend further U.S. troop reductions this fall, beyond the planned drawdown to about 140,000 in July.

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Foreign policy, and in particular relations with so-called rogue states like Iran and Syria, has taken center stage in the presidential election campaign this week -- with the row over President Bush's comments in Israel about appeasement. What other security-type stories are we going to see on the news agenda over the next seven days?

WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- If Gen. David Petraeus is confirmed as commander of U.S. Central Command, his broader responsibilities may force him to reconsider his thinking about U.S. commitments in Iraq in order to properly resource the U.S. effort in Afghanistan, say some analysts and military observers.

WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- The White House announced Wednesday that U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, has been nominated to lead U.S. Central Command.

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The departing U.S. commander in Iraq said the situation there is coming to the point where the past gains are irreversible.

WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush praised Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, who served as a commander of U.S. troops in Iraq for 15 months.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A top commander in Iraq left his post Thursday lauded by top officials for instituting what the U.S. Defense Department hails as the successful troop surge.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Bush administration proposed promoting U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to a four-star general after his tour in Iraq ends, The Washington Post reported.

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi and U.S. leaders held a strategy session Saturday in the northern city of Mosul to prepare for a new offensive.

BAQUBAH, Iraq, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq highlighted various developments from a recent al-Qaida and reconstruction operation called Phantom Phoenix.