US/IRAQ: Gates approach mitigates policy setbacks

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  • Modest agenda
  • Gates on Iraq
  • Pentagon Iraq focus
  • Anti-'transformation' backlash
  • Mission fatigue
  • Declining troop quality
  • Breaking with Rumsfeld
  • 'Managing' the war

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