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A large measure of our success is the transfer of responsibility to Iraqi security forces. In recent months I have seen the contribution of our Iraqi army partners rise dramatically. Iraqi units now conduct over half of the counterinsurgency fight. They do this either independently or jointly with our soldiers. [. . .] The majority of the insurgency in North-Central Iraq remains those Iraqis with ties to the former regime, or Sunni Arabs who reject their new sovereign government. . . . we are seeing more of these Iraqis turning away from violence and participating in the political process. [....