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Cheney: US troops 'winning friends in Iraq'

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US soldiers in Iraq built "bonds of friendship" with the locals that may help win the war, Vice President Dick Cheney told returning troops today.

"Having been on the ground, all of you know that we've made progress - not easily, but steadily. And we can be confident going forward," he told thousands of soldiers of the storied 101st Airborne Division at their home base of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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"Members of our military have worked diligently to make sure that more Iraqi families have police protection, and electricity, and water, and sanitation for their homes," he said.

"By your openness and your decency, by your honour and your kindness to others in thousands of interactions, you've built bonds of friendship that are very important to our two countries," said Mr Cheney.

Most of the division returned from Iraq on September 25 after a year-long deployment

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20595374-5006506,00.html

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