That's what success will look like: stable Iraq where you're making political progress, the essential services are being provided, economic progress, and the social progress that needs to be taken as well.

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And I don't want to paint a falsely bleak picture, actually, you know, we're making lots of progress.

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And I thank you for all the progress that we're making in that region, which is so vital to our national security.

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And it gives you a specific example of the kind of progress that we're making.

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