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The Surge and the Speech

Mitchell, Lincoln A.

The events in Iraq and the relatively quiet response to President Obama's recent speech on the subject suggest, not surprisingly, that Americans are experiencing a relatively acute case of Iraq fatigue. Nonetheless, the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq is significant, although it is not really an end.

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October 26, 2011