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Dr. Barham Salih, deputy prime minister of Iraq, holds a press conference in the Pentagon on Sept. 14, 2006. Salilh discussed some of the problems his nation is facing, but stressed that progress is being made. He thanked America for all it has done and was hopeful that the U.S. would stay the course with his nation's fledgling democracy.

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Dr. Barham Salih, deputy prime minister of Iraq, holds a press conference in the Pentagon on Sept. 14, 2006. Salilh discussed some of the problems his nation is facing, but stressed that progress is being made. He thanked America for all it has done and was hopeful that the U.S. would stay the course with his nation's fledgling democracy.

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