The Presidency
George W. Bush and the Iraq Surge
2020-01-19T19:59:25-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZmI3XC8yMDIwMDExOTIwMDMyMzAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==This was a discussion about President George W. Bush’s 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration officials Meghan O’Sullivan and Peter Feaver recounted their roles in the decision-making, and their subsequent efforts to document these events in an oral history titled “The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq.” This is the first of three programs on “the surge” hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
This was a discussion about President George W. Bush’s 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration o…
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This was a discussion about President George W. Bush’s 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration officials Meghan O’Sullivan and Peter Feaver recounted their roles in the decision-making, and their subsequent efforts to document these events in an oral history titled “The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq.” This is the first of three programs on “the surge” hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. close
This was a discussion about President George W. Bush’s 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration o… read more
This was a discussion about President George W. Bush’s 2007 decision to increase American troop levels in Iraq. Former Bush administration officials Meghan O’Sullivan and Peter Feaver recounted their roles in the decision-making, and their subsequent efforts to document these events in an oral history titled “The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq.” This is the first of three programs on “the surge” hosted by the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. close
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