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Coalition Has Entered Endgame in Iraq, Gates Says
I'm A Pundit Too ^ | 9/24/2008 | John J. Kruzel

Posted on 09/24/2008 3:42:12 PM PDT by TheNewPundit

Amid an 80-percent drop in violence and with further withdrawals of U.S. forces in sight, the coalition in Iraq has reached the “endgame,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.“I believe we have now entered that endgame – and our decisions today and in the months ahead will be critical to regional stability and our national security interests for years to come,” he told the Senate Armed Service Committee during a hearing on Iraq and Afghanistan.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq
The war is not lost Mr Reid
1 posted on 09/24/2008 3:42:13 PM PDT by TheNewPundit
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To: TheNewPundit

John McCain was right about the surge.

He was right about Fannie & Freddie.

And he’s right about the current crisis.

Meanwhile, his craven opponents struggle to keep up.


2 posted on 09/24/2008 4:21:52 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach
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