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U.S. Troops Weigh In on Surge Impact

By John Burnett

Published September 6, 2007 at 10:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Next week, Gen. David Petraeus releases his report assessing the progress of the war in Iraq since the beginning of the U.S. military troop surge.

We have been asking a variety of people if they think Iraq is better off since the U.S. troop surge started.

Today we hear what some U.S. troops think.

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John Burnett

John Burnett is a national correspondent based in Austin, Texas, who has been assigned a new beat for 2022—Polarized America—to explore all facets of our politically and culturally divided nation. Prior to this assignment, Burnett covered immigration, Southwest border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, 2019 and again in 2020, he won national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for continuing coverage of the immigration beat. In 2020, Burnett along with other NPR journalists, were finalists for a duPont-Columbia Award for their coverage of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico program. In December 2018, Burnett was invited to participate in a workshop on Refugees, Immigration and Border Security in Western Europe, sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission.