I think the ISF have made enormous progress during my time in Iraq, both quantitatively and, more important, qualitatively. There is still a ways to go. And clearly, still a continuing need for our security support.
Gates acknowledges progress of Iraqi Security Forces and ongoing need for U.S. support.
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I think the only thing I would've said is that a lot of this could've been done sooner.
I think the president is — based on what I read — is getting the sense that, as he put it, that Putin is 'tapping' him along.
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