(CNN)-- The U.S. military death toll in Iraq for December is the second-lowest monthly death toll of the war, although 2007 has ... of the "surge" -- the addition of 30,000 troops in and around ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The national intelligence estimate on Iraq released Friday does not address whether the president's plan to "surge" up to 21,500 troops into Iraq will work, but it lays out an ...

The 2007 troop surge rescued hope for political reconciliation ... For the last eight years, insecurity about the Iraq War’s legacy with the public has hamstrung Republicans on critical issues.