Senate Puts Spotlight on Iraq

National stories are highlighting both Administration reports to Congress and the dissatisfaction that both sides of the Senate aisle are having with the testimony from General Petraeus. The debate could not be more important to our country, and for rural families and communities who have their sons and daughters disproportionately serving in this war, the stakes are very high.

Particularly disappointing is how the "fact checking" is lining up on the side that Congress isn't getting the straight story or the even the whole story. Read more.

• Assessments of War. NYTimes ... September 7 v. April 8 ... April 9.
• When the Data Don't Really Measure Up. Washington Post ... April 9.
• Generation of Iraqi Combat Veterans. Washington Post ... April 9.
• Ethno-Sectarian Violence. Washington Post ... April 9.