(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 ...

Obama -- who has made ending the Iraq war a cornerstone of his run ... He has been a strong advocate of the "surge" -- the 2007 escalation of U.S. troops -- and has said troops should stay in ...

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.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Iraq War which was known as Operation ... troops killed in Iraq reaches 3,000. January 10, 2007 – A troop surge begins, eventually increasing US troop levels ...

To sell the military surge in Iraq to the American public, President Bush had been forced to take a rare step—admit his mistake. "The surge of troops in Iraq was one of the most gut-wrenching ...

But when it comes to understanding the war that the United ... begin to improve until 2007, when the US deployed an additional 30,000 troops to Iraq in the famous “surge.” ...