Beyond that, while noting that the situation in Iraq remains complex, difficult and sometimes downright frustrating, I also believe that it is possible to achieve our objectives in Iraq over time, although doing so will be neither quick nor easy.

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One level is the short term--what should we be doing immediately so that some of the really bad things we have seen won't be as easy to pull off or as likely to occur, such as the Madoff case.

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