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Poll: Petraeus recommendations tough sell to Americans
By Bill Schneider
CNN Senior Political Analyst
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Do Americans trust the top U.S. military commander in Iraq to report what's really going on without making the situation sound better than it is?
Gen. David Petraeus talks with President Bush when he visited Anbar Province in Iraq last week.
In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll last month, Americans were asked that very question. Fifty-three percent said they did not trust Gen. David Petraeus' report.
A USA Today-Gallup poll asked the public again this month whether they thought Petraeus' report would be independent and objective. Again, 53 percent did not.
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