After sunset, we boarded a Blackhawk for the flight back to Victory Base.
Victory Base Complex, the headquarters of Multi-National Force-Iraq, lies to the west of Baghdad on an eroded wasteland crossed by marshy canals.
On a Saturday morning in late July of this year, Petraeus invited me to his morning Battle Update Assessment at Victory Base.
Another idea, already being tried out at Camp Victory, the main American base in Baghdad, is to convert rubbish into electricity.
If Republicans could hone their strengths as champions of economic growth, consumers, entrepreneurs and innovators while coming to compromise on key issues, I am confident that they can broaden their base and claim a victory in 2016.
But the fightback was snuffed out five minutes from time by scrum-half Genia, who darted over from the base of a ruck to seal victory.
Sarah Palin was thought to excite the Republican base in Alaska and could pull Ted Stevens to victory, but again he still trails in that race as well.
By making a clear statement that they want American troops gone, albeit on an unspecified timetable, they may open the way for Republicans eventually to declare victory in Iraq, while Democrats claim a withdrawal for their base without appearing weak on security.
But the thousands of workers in his district with ties to Shaw Air Force Base and nearby Fort Jackson might not see sequestration as much of a victory when they get furloughed or fired.
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Coming with two outs in the ninth inning, with the Royals down 4-3 and a man on base, Brett's homer gave the Royals the lead and eventually the victory.
Marlon Byrd grounded a two-run single just inside third base in the bottom of the ninth inning and New York rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
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