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All right , well , tell us how things

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are going out there . Well , things are

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going pretty well . You know , the

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holiday season coming up , expectations

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are high , you know , and and

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everybody's getting ready for the

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holidays around here as well , even

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though we can't be home with our

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families and loved ones , we uh got

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high hopes and hope to have a good

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holiday season here . Well , people

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here at home probably don't picture a

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big holiday setting where you are right

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now . Tell us how you are celebrating

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the holiday . Well , basically , you

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know , every day is a new day here and

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uh you're right , you know , there's

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not uh we're probably gonna have a

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snowy christmas , but uh probably have

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a nice meal at the dining facility here .

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We've decorated up around the around

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the office area and are living areas

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and stuff just playing on , you know ,

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calling home and trying to be trying to

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be as much as at home as we can

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while we're over here . I want to ask

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you more about the Associated Press

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poll conducted nationwide last week ,

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Less than 47% . Think it's likely that

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Iraq will be able to establish a stable

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government that's according to the poll

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conducted at a week's time . Tell us

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about that . And what do you think

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about that ? Um Well , I think that

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thanks here in Iraq or uh are coming

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along uh granted they may be come along

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slowly , but all in due time . You know ,

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this , this country will uh I think see

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democracy and uh all the soldiers over

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here are doing their best to see that

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happens . And I have good faith and all

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of us over here and uh , I think that

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we can accomplish that . Well , the

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same progress isn't as swift as

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originally thought , but yet there is

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progress . Uh , yes , there is progress

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every day . You know , there's many

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different ways that we've been helping

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out . Uh , even a few months ago , we

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used to go to um , some of the local

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schools here deliver , you know ,

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school supplies and uh , to the small

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Children and stuff in the area . Um ,

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so I mean every day there's , uh , an

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increase in what we can do for them and

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stuff as far as , uh , bring them more

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towards democracy . We've spoken

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about the operation Central Box in the

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past . Tell us more a little bit about

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to roll there in Iraq and the things we

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may not be aware of that you're

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accomplishing out there . Uh , well ,

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like you said , we had the operation

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pencil box , which was a good , a good

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thing , uh , here in Mosul , we've

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mainly been transportation , uh ,

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supplies up and down the main roads

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here , you know , as far as the

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supplies go , food and ammunition ,

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fuel . Uh , we've been trying to also

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get some of those , um , trying to

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better the economy here by purchasing

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different items for argues here through ,

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through the local , local nationals .

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And I think that's a good thing for the

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economy here . I want to give you the

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opportunity to add or point out

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anything you wish at this point . Well ,

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I just want to wish everyone at home

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merry christmas , all my friends and

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family and missing a lot . But it won't

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be long and you know , we'll all be

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home and things will be all right , so

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just merry christmas everybody around

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the home stretch . I'm sure you're

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eager to get back home . Yes , Yes ,

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sir , I assure . All right . Thanks for

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joining us this morning . Thank you .