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					Originally Posted by Jim in CT  But the media, and people who hate Bush,pounced on this, distorting it, and saying that Bush thought combat was over.
 
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 "In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
 
The same day: Rumsfeld said that in regard to Afghanistan, Bush, U.S. Central Command Chief Tommy Franks, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai "have concluded we're at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat activity to a period of stability and stabilization and reconstruction activities. The bulk of this country today is permissive, it's secure."