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pst.000065527542	United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services.	The situation in Iraq and progress made by the government of Iraq in meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, April 8, 9, and 10, 2008 4.AR 5/3:S.HRG.110-635	2008		.txt	text/plain	87779	5828	70	The Bush administration's strategy has been built on the assumption that, so long as we continue to provide the Maliki Government with plenty of time, military support, and financial assistance, they will take responsibility for Iraq and its people. In fact, the recent escalation of violence in Baghdad and Southern Iraq was dealt with, temporarily at least, by most parties acknowledging that the rational way ahead is through political dialogue, rather than street fighting. Americans have invested a great deal in Iraq, in blood as well as treasure, and they have the right to ask whether this is worth it, whether it is now time to walk away and let the Iraqis fend for themselves. Senator Kennedy asked a question about the Iraqi Government initiative in Southern Iraq, and said there was no al Qaeda Let me begin with the current situation in Iraq: Although violence there has decreased over the past year, attacks on coalition and Iraqi security forces continue	./cache/pst.000065527542.pdf	./txt/pst.000065527542.txt