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Top Commander Says Insurgency Still Strong
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 23, 2005 12:41pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, June 23, 2005 06:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - The top American commander in the Persian Gulf told Congress on Thursday that the Iraqi insurgency has not grown weaker over the past six months, despite a claim by Vice President Dick Cheney that it was in its "last throes."
Gen. John Abizaid's testimony came at a contentious Senate Armed Services Committee hearing at which Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld clashed with members of both parties, including a renewed call by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts for him to step down.
Citing what he called repeated "gross errors and mistakes" in the U.S. military campaign in Iraq, Kennedy told Rumsfeld: "In baseball, it's three strikes, you're out. What is it for the secretary of defense?"
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