Rep. Roy Blunt, the Republican whip in the House of Representatives, said the weekend controversy over the Der Spiegel interview was itself a sign of progress in the war in Iraq.

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At press conferences and in an interview, he declined to answer numerous questions about the progress of the investigation and the suspect, Jared Lee Loughner.

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"We're not where we want to be by any means, but we are making progress, " Ms. Stewart said in a recent interview.

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