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Article: Press Availability with Vice President Dick Cheney, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus.
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- May 9, 2007
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- 7:10 p.m. (Local)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously I've got General Dave Petraeus and our Ambassador Ryan Crocker with us. We spent most of the day together. It's been a good day. We met with virtually all the top Iraqi leaders. Might have missed one or two who were out of town, but we caught most of them, including Prime Minister Maliki and as well as President Talabani, Vice President Hashemi and al-Mehdi.
During the course of the meetings I emphasized the importance of making progress on the issues before us, not only on the security issues but also on the political issues that are pending before the Iraqi government. I was ...