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On the recordOctober 22, 2003
Slog: to hit or strike hard, to drive with blows, to assail violently. And that's precisely what the U.S. has been doing and intends to continue to do.

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Rumsfeld explained his use of the term 'slog' in reference to military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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