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Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, commanding general, First Marine Expeditionary Force, takes questions from the Pentagon press corps during a Sept. 9, 2003, briefing. Conway told reporters that his unit, operating in a predominantly Shiite region in the southern part of the country, had been very well received by the general populace and has suffered no causalities from direct attacks.

Lt. Gen. James T. Conway takes questions from the press during a Pentagon briefing.

Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, commanding general, First Marine Expeditionary Force, takes questions from the Pentagon press corps during a Sept. 9, 2003, briefing. Conway told reporters that his unit, operating in a predominantly Shiite region in the southern part of the country, had been very well received by the general populace and has suffered no causalities from direct attacks.

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