WASHINGTON — Last year’s surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has helped tamp down violence and improve security there, but the situation remains fragile, the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Iraq testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
Although Iraq “obviously remains a violent country, we do see progress in the security arena,” Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, told committee members.
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