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Transcript: PROGRESS MORE DURABLE IN IRAQ, PETRAEUS SAYS
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- October 9, 2008
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INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
10-09-2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008 - Just weeks after wrapping up his stint as the
top commander in Iraq, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said yesterday that
progress there has become a little less fragile and more durable. The soon-to-be
commander of U.S. Central Command spoke to the Heritage Foundation, a Washington
think tank, here. Petraeus finished his 19-month command of Multinational
Force Iraq three weeks ago. But Petraeus qualified the statement, saying
that enormous difficulties lie ahead for long-term stabilization in Iraq.
The general said that violent attacks in Iraq spiked to 180 a day in June
of 2007, but are now down to as low as 20. ...
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