U.S. Army General David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, checks out the witness table before delivering his testimony to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in W

U.S. Army General David Petraeus, the top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, checks out the witness table before delivering his testimony on the state of the war in Iraq to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 10, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)