Pentagon: U.S. Will Continue To Push Against Al Qaeda In Iraq, Despite Drawdown

Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Thursday that the U.S. will continue to work with the Iraqi government and the international community to ensure that al Qaeda is dismantled in Iraq.

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