ABC News is reporting their White House correspondent has been told by government officials that Gens. Petraeus and Odierno have already decided that they want to keep US troop levels at current levels into December and possibly well into 2008 if not longer.  So if I read this correctly, it's only the beginning of June but senior commanders in Iraq have already decided what they'll report... in September? 

Its hard to say whether or not Ms. Raddatz received a load of bull but I'd feel a lot better if Congress were to ask Gens. Petraeus and Odierno to come back and answer some questions about this matter.  I figure if Petraeus can comeback and give a secret pep-talk to the Republican caucus before the escalation vote then he'll have no trouble coming back to answer a few questions on this matter from say Ike Skelton or Carl Levin.