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National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute conduct a press conference at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2007. “I think that there is the general view that certainly here in Anbar the security situation has improved. It has improved in other parts of Iraq as well,” Gates said.

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National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute conduct a press conference at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2007. “I think that there is the general view that certainly here in Anbar the security situation has improved. It has improved in other parts of Iraq as well,” Gates said.

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