And as a commander of a headquarters' company over there, when we thought about doing a surge in Ramadi, it concerned me greatly when they talk about putting the Iraqi army at the tip of any spear, because that really means American support units are at the tip of the spear.

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Many see it as the tip of the spear for future regulation.

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"They're going to be on the tip of the spear, " he said.

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