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Scrutinizing The Surge Photos

General David Petraeus, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker look at each other before testifying to a joint U.S. House Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee Monday, Sept. 10, 2007, before giving testimony on the state of the war in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus warned a "premature" drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq would be "devastating."

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