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Article: Vote 'tipping' support for government in Iraq; Rumsfeld notes shift, rebuts policy critics.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2005
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Byline: Rowan Scarborough and Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that Sunday's historic elections in Iraq have ignited a "tipping of support for the government" by Iraqis now more willing to help security forces defeat insurgents.
Mr. Rumsfeld and his top aide, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, also rebutted charges from two prominent Iraq policy critics - Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware.
Conducting his first press conference since an estimated 8 million Iraqis went to the polls, the main architect of President Bush's war on terror ...