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2010
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DRAFT
NSCon
Iraq
bySVTCWednesday,
May
12,2004Note
taker:
Feith
(President,
Powell,Wolfowitz,Pace,Miscik,Rice,
Card,
Cheney,
Miller,Hadley,Gonzales,Libby,Armitage,Feith,
Sharp,Bremer
&
Blackwill(bothby
SVTC»
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I
President:
Why
arecausalitiesfromIEDsgoingdown?
Pace:
Tactics,Techniques
&
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taken
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it
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US
bodiesandshowthatjusticc
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brought
to
trial
by
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bc
thereaction
in
Sadr
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