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These charges from secretary gates come at the same time that al qaeda flags are flying over the city of fallujah. in the an bar province, thousands of troops sacrificed their lives. many thought it was in vein to begin with, many others did not believe that, and went over to fight honestly and heroically. 4489 of our young men and women were killed. 32,000 more were wounded and they and their families have to watch in frustration, as al qaeda takes these cities. representative duncan hunter fought in the battle of fallujah in '04, he's outraged by the al qaeda takeover that threatens to undo ...

Gates -- mr. gates matter, and i will get to iraq. as i understand, brit's point about the president saying, he doesn't necessarily believe in the strategy, but sort of committed to, this is the war he's going to see through. but do you see something extraordinary in the commander and chief, according to mr. gates, being skeptical is outright convinced that that strategy, he was sending men like you in to fight would fail? >> no, i'm not surprised, and we -- what you see here, what i see here is a political squandering of 34i89ry victories and abandonment by this administration of everything w...