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it is Tuesday and time to go inside

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Iraq as we do every Tuesday here on

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your morning where we hear from the men

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and women who know about the situation

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on the ground . The back many of those

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in our region in Iraq are still in a

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hotbed of insurgency . So what is the

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key to taking control of these

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provinces ? Colonel David Sutherland is

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with the third brigade combat team . He

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is the first calvary division commander ,

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senior U . S . Army officer in the

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Diyala province just north of Baghdad

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and he joins us this morning from Iraq .

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Good morning sir . Good morning .

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Yeah , I think I just need a little

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more volume on your end . If we have it ,

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your unit deals with operations between

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the Iraqi army and coalition forces to

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secure the province there . This is one

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of the most dangerous regions and the

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place where U . S . Forces killed abu

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bakari six months ago . Since then ,

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the violence has almost doubled what

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poses the most dangerous to Iraqi

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citizens and the U . S . Troops in that

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region . We are we are in the province

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of the island and in the isle of that

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we face in a very dynamic

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environment as secretary of uh

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on what's going on as well as tribal ,

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on what's going on . And what we try to

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do with the Iraqi army is secure the

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population . Yeah , bringing them to

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drive a wedge between the insurgents

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and the terrorists try to bring people

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into the political process . The

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problem projects and stuff trying to

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drive a wedge between them and get the

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good guys on one side and the bad guys

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on the other , so to speak . The

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british troops , as you know , have now

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said that they will start pulling out

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as other countries are doing as well .

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How much does that hurt ? Or help ,

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what you're doing there on the ground

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And what's the manpower like from the U .

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S . Side ?

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Tell me a little bit about how

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important it is for you to beginning .

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I'm gonna switch for a second to some

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of the care packages . We've got some

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Children here on in the United States

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who are getting care packages together

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right now . Specifically superhero

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sheets . That will go to some of the

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truth story in the hospital ,

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recovering what does it mean for the

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troops over there when they get those

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care packages from people , especially

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the Children

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I sold the appropriate . But we weren't

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police accomplishment . Uh

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unbelievable uh , disappointment .

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They have units selected just for some

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things on values in the daytime . They

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committed to something imaginative

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person . Also provide people in the

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United States as candidate status race .

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And I know they're proud of you as well .

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I've seen your resume and it is long

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and very impressive . You've done every

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training there is possible . Well ,

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thank you for joining us this morning .

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Colonel David Sutherland this morning

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from Iraq . Yeah ,