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Selling The Surge: Last Year's Rhetoric Versus This Year's Reality

One year after his Jan. 10, 2007 televised address to the nation announcing his plan for a miltary "surge" in Iraq, HuffPost takes a look back at how the surge was sold, and how last year's rhetoric compares with this year's reality.



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THEN: President Bush said its purpose was to give the Iraq "the breathing space it needs to make progress in other critical areas. He went on to say that "reducing the violence in Baghdad will help make reconciliation possible."