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IraqHearing_quotes.sPubDate = "4/8/2008 10:59:37 PM GMT";
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IraqHearing_quotes.appHeader = "Tuesday's hearings on progress in Iraq<br>";
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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "Some lawmakers' comments during Senate hearings on Iraq, which featured testimony from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.";

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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "\"This new increase in violence raises questions about the military success of the surge. But, more significantly, the purpose of the surge, as announced by President Bush last year, which was to give the Iraqi leaders breathing room to work out a settlement, has not been achieved.\"<p>Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. ";

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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "\"As I hear the questions and the statements today, it seems to me that there's a kind of 'hear no progress in Iraq, see no progress in Iraq, and most of all, speak of no progress in Iraq.' The fact is, there has been progress in Iraq.\"<p>Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.<br>";

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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "\"You mentioned that the era of our paying for major reconstruction is over. But we're continuing to pay the salaries of the Sons of Iraq in many cases. We're continuing to pay for the training and equipping of Iraqi forces. I'm told that we're even continuing to pay for fuel within Iraq. Isn't it time for the Iraqis to start bearing more of those expenses, particularly in light of the windfall in revenues due to the high price of oil?\" <p>Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. ";

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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "\"I want to remark how dramatic a difference it is from today and the reports that you bring us, General Petraeus, from what we had seen when we were last together here in September. I think it's undeniable that dramatic and significant progress has been made, particularly as it relates to al-Qaida.\" <p>Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla. ";

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IraqHearing_quotes[i-1].body = "\"In the intelligence world, at least for the foreseeable future, they tell us that we are much more likely to be subject to a terrorist strike emanating from Afghanistan or possibly the tribal regions of Pakistan than we are Iraq. And yet we are currently spending five times as much in Iraq as we are in Afghanistan on a monthly basis.\"<p>Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. <br>";

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