Media Matters - Mortimer Zuckerman http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mortimer_zuckerman This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mortimer Zuckerman en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America On MSNBC, Zuckerman claimed that "the consensus is that the surge is working" http://mediamatters.org/items/200708230005 On <em>Tucker</em>, <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> Editor-in-Chief Mort<strong>i</strong>mer B. Zuckerman asserted: "[T]he fact is that, by far, the consensus is that the surge [in Iraq] is working." Zuckerman did not offer any evidence to support this claim. In fact,<strong><strong> </strong></strong>members of Congress, administration officials, and experts have all stated that political reconciliation, which the Bush administration identified as a key to the success of its escalation strategy, has not occurred. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708230005 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:03:27 EST