12/09/2013
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"failure is not an option in Iraq and we must be prepared to bear the cost to ensure success"
"I'm also concerned... the Government of Iraq has already released a lot of individuals who had been detained by the U.S. military."
"In the words of General Petraeus, 'We made them take a knee,' right?"
"It would have been unthinkable even 2 years ago to say that we would reach a point which most Americans... would increasingly forget about Iraq."