The level of violence is down. Local governments are meeting again. Police are more in control of the city streets and normal life is returning. The people of this province are seeing that standing up to the extremists is the path to a better life. That success is possible. America does not abandon our friends. And America will not abandon the Iraqi people.
Bush discusses the progress in Al Anbar Province during his surprise visit to Iraq.
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