Earning their salaries, for once

Has anyone else noticed that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is in the middle of holding six hearings on Iraq in 10 days? Good on 'em, we say.

Like soldiernolongeriniraq, Abu Muqawama's hardest working commenter, there is much to recommend in Stephen Biddle's sober testimony. Worth reading before Petraeus makes his appearance this week, perhaps.