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Source: Associated Press

Cheney defends extended deployments

By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 8 minutes ago

CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq - Vice President Dick Cheney saluted U.S. troops
stationed near former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's hometown on Thursday
and defended the Bush administration's recent decision to extend military
deployments as "vital to the mission."

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Cheney had breakfast with troops and participated in classified briefings
from military commanders.

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It was the first time Cheney spent the night in Iraq, and his whereabouts
was closely guarded by the White House until Thursday's speech to the
troops.

Cheney spoke to several thousand mostly Army forces in a huge tent that is
scheduled to be a gymnasium. He was enthusiastically cheered and greeted
when he stepped up on stage, but only politely applauded when he talked
about deployment extensions.

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