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Published 12/17/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Gen. David Petreaus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has told his troops that despite progress on both fronts, the U.S. and its allies face a tough fight in the year ahead.
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