Leon Panetta actually said...

We have made a terrible commitment in Iraq in terms of the blood and our treasure. And I think that we owe it to them to try to take one last chance at making Iraq work.

Context

Panetta stresses the importance of making efforts to stabilize Iraq.

12/05/2006

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