US Army Secret weapon behind Chuck Hagel’s plan to shrink US army In Depth It’s oil. Self-sufficient in energy because of shale oil, the US no longer needs to fret about the sheiks In Depth General Petraeus’s surge has failed in every respect Speed Read Baghdad’s militias have been strengthened – not weakened. Whoever wins tomorrow’s US presidential election will have to pick up the pieces By Lee Jones Published 3 November 08 Speed Read 1 2
