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George W. Bush: “Iraq is increasingly able to stand on its own; that's very good news, but it won't have to stand alone.”

On the recordNovember 25, 2007
Iraq is increasingly able to stand on its own; that's very good news, but it won't have to stand alone.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and General Douglas Lute, Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan

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