REP. BLUNT AND REP. BOEHNER SPEAK ABOUT GEN. PETRAEUS IN WASHINGTON

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) attends a press conference following a bi-partisan congressional meeting on Iraq with Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of the Multinational Forces of Iraq, in Washington on April 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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