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the priority is to get the Iraqi

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soldiers well enough trained to take

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over the defense of their own country .

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Military leaders say they're not quite

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there yet , but they are making

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progress . Another priority is the

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rebuilding of Iraq's infrastructure .

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American engineers are training Iraqis

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to build everything from bridges ,

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power plants . It's been a very

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effective training program so that we

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can execute our exit strategy out of

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Iraq . According to the general in

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charge of the rebuilding , he hails

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from Brooklyn . The exit is not going

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to be quick . Trying to put the

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infrastructure back together . Is not a

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three year deal over a four year old

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deal . It takes a while to put the

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infrastructure together . If you think

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about the restoration of the Brooklyn

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bridge that didn't take three years or

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four years or five years , it took a

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long time . The fact that the U . S .

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And earmarked $8 billion to get that

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job done infuriates war critics at home .

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The descent and the findings of the

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Iraq study group are disturbing to the

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troops who feel they are doing an

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important job here in Iraq . I attempt

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to sample opinion of the service men

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and women here at camp anaconda . Many

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are reluctant to speak Those who do

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have nothing negative to say I do . My

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boss tells me to do , I'm here to do my

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job and that's pretty much it .

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Whatever my country asked me , that's

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what I'm going to do . We're here to

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support a mission and our personal

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feelings really can't get in the way of

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playing our mission . Major frank kelly .

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A Manhattan attorney feels this is not

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simply a war over Iraq , but a war

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against global terrorism . He was

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prepared to leave the reserves but tore

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up his resignation letter after the

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attacks of 9 11 , the pulses that we're

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going to continue to do our duty .

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Everybody here is committed to duty .

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Major kelly challenges the Iraq study

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group suggested that this war is

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unwinnable . What is winning a war ? If

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you're talking about a military

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campaign , I believe that the military

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campaign is over . There is violence

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here , make no mistake and deadly

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violence and make no mistake again .

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But we're building a country at this

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point , given the gravity of the

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situation in Iraq , the holiday spirit

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is somewhat subdued this year . But it

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is holiday for both christians and jews

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for , oh , I don't know .

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Those are the jewish faith are

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observing Hanukkah . Rabbi Ira

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Cronenberg originally from Brooklyn ,

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leads the blessing over the Hanukkah

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candles help

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at the nearby chapel . The tuskegee

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Medic singers from the 332nd

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expeditionary medical group echoed the

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sounds of the holiday

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and santa is beginning to make his

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rounds . The desert sand is tough on

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his reindeer but humvee will do or

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simply walk with something other than a

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sack of presence over his shoulder in

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Iraq . Even santa can't feel safe