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When he leaves Iraq on Tuesday, after 20 months leading U.S. forces in an unpopular war, Gen. David Petraeus will carry the Bush administration’s high praise for a remarkable turnaround in a country that seemed on the brink of all-out civil war in 2006.
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When he leaves Iraq on Tuesday, after 20 months leading U.S. forces in an unpopular war, Gen. David Petraeus will carry the Bush administration’s high praise for...
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