Petraeus On Iraq: In Summary

Senator Carl Levin:

``What you've given to your chain of command is a plan which has no end to it,'' Levin said. He asked Petraeus when he would be in position to recommend further troop cuts, once the 45-day evaluation period ends in September.

``It could be right then, or it could be longer,'' [General Petraeus] said. He declined to be pinned down, saying he would recommend further cuts when conditions were right.