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Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. Army, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press briefing in the Pentagon on June 13, 2007. Dempsey told reporters about the progress in the development, training and equipping of Iraqi Security Forces.

Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey talks to reporters at a press briefing.

Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. Army, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, talks to reporters at a press briefing in the Pentagon on June 13, 2007. Dempsey told reporters about the progress in the development, training and equipping of Iraqi Security Forces.

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